Federal and state laws protect whistleblowers from being fired or being retaliated against by their employers. … [Read more...]
WHISTLEBLOWER
An employee who raises the issue of wrongdoing and misconduct within a company where the person is employed. An employee who wishes to put an end to unethical or fraudulent conduct and practices within a company. Frequently the whistleblower will report the wrongdoing to a person outside of the company such as to a whistleblower's lawyer, a government agency or official. … [Read more...]
WHISTLE BLOWER
One who discloses, at great peril to the discloser, serious wrongdoing in an organization or a company. Frequently referring to an employee who discloses unfair labor practices that affect a significant number of employees. … [Read more...]
WHIPPING-POST
A post or stake to which a criminal is tied to undergo the punishment of whipping. This penalty ia now abolished, except in a few states. … [Read more...]
WHIPPING
punishment. The infliction of stripes. 2. This mode of punishment, which is still practiced in some of the states, is a relict of barbarism; it has yielded in most of the middle and northern states to the penitentiary system. 3. The punishment of whipping, so far as the same was provided by the laws of the United States, was abolished by the act of congress of February 28, 1839 … [Read more...]