Denver Whistleblower Attorney

Honesty is a virtue, but it can get you into trouble on the job.

Individuals who have witnessed improper behavior in the workplace and report it are often subjected to every kind of punishment: wrongful termination, demotion, punitive transfers, threats, intimidation, bullying, shunning, ostracism and unfair evaluations.

The good news is that state and federal whistleblower laws are designed to protect honest workers from these kinds of retaliation.

Vigilant Colorado Retaliation Attorney

Whistleblower attorneys at the Employment Law Offices of Colorado represents persons who go public with stories of corruption. We work with whistleblower clients both prior to reporting misconduct and afterward, protecting them from illegal retaliation.

What Kinds of Actions Constitute Whistleblowing?

Whistleblowing refers to any reporting of corrupt, criminal or unlawful practices, including fraudulent billing, bribery, insider manipulation, price-fixing or outright customer deception. These are just some whistleblowing cases lawyer the Employment Law Offices of Colorado has been part of:

  • Revealing fraud against the state or U.S. government
  • Reporting any other kind of criminal activity
  • Reporting significant compliance failures
  • Refusing to take part in illegal activities yourself
  • Reporting environmental misdeeds
  • Reporting instances of employee discrimination

Successful Experience Pursuing False Claims Act Cases

If the misconduct involved defrauding U.S. taxpayers, we can represent you in a False Claims Act lawsuit, where you could end up claiming a substantial portion of recovered monies.

The False Claims Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act and the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-Discrimination and Retaliation (No FEAR) Act protect federal government workers who report fraud or other illegal acts and, in some cases, provide significant rewards. Workers in the private sector who report infractions also have limited protections.

Call the Employment Law Offices of Colorado and describe your case. We will tell you if the federal or state whistleblower protections act will apply to you. If you have a case, he will describe your options and possible remedies. Are you being punished for telling the truth?

Denver Wrongful Discharge Lawyer

Whether you are facing wage claims, qui tam or whistleblower cases, or wrongful discharge, our lawyers are here to help. Our experienced attorneys will help you with the process and get the compensation you deserve. Contact us for a free consultation!

The phrase is a mouthful: wrongful discharge in violation of public policy. The charge is leveled against employers who respond to employees who inform on illegal activities by firing them. Employers, perhaps imagining that they can fire any employee at will, terminate whistleblowers. Thus they wrongfully discharge the whistleblowing employee.

Help Is on the Way for Whistleblowers Who Have Been Fired

If you have passed on information of dangerous or fraudulent activity within your company, and your company responded by cutting you loose, a legal remedy is available to you in the form of a lawsuit. At the Employment Law Office of Colorado, our employment attorneys file suits against companies that retaliate against informants.

Wrongful discharge is not the only unlawful action employers take. Discriminating against informants in any way — denying promotion, exiling the whistleblower to another job or location as punishment, or any act of intimidation or harassment that creates a hostile work environment, is explicitly forbidden by law. If you feel you have been terminated, discriminated against or harassed because you informed against your employer, contact the Employment Law Office of Colorado. A brief conversation will tell if you have a strong case against your wrongful termination.

Varieties of Wage Theft

Wage theft sounds straightforward, but the circumstances are complex and errors by management are common:

  • A worker leaves a job and is not compensated for unused vacation time.
  • Workers are wrongly classified as contract workers, resulting in underpayment.
  • Line supervisors are wrongly told they are exempt from overtime pay.
  • Employers can’t pay for overtime with comp time — time off at a later date.
  • Management is sometimes vague about the hours workers are to put in, resulting in free overtime.
  • Restaurant owners should not mandate tip-pooling with all workers.
  • Misunderstandings about salaries and sales commissions abound.
  • Time clocks illegally shave off increments of time to the employer’s advantage.

Aggressive Denver Wage Theft Attorney

Businesses in Denver can be expected to cut corners whenever money is involved. But that is why FLSA and other wage laws exist, to correct the imbalance between workers and employers.

Fighting for Your Employee Rights

Our attorneys have mastered employment law at every level, on paper, in the courtroom, and in the workplace where abuses occur every day.

Contact employment lawyers and describe your situation. We can advise you on the strength of your case and your options in seeking compensation.

Are you engaged in a wage dispute at work?

Whether you are facing wage claims, qui tam or whistleblower cases, or wrongful discharge, our lawyers are here to help. Our experienced attorneys will help you with the process and get the compensation you deserve. Contact us for a free consultation!

Denver Qui Tam Attorney

Qui tam is a phrase from medieval law promising a reward to anyone who helps the king. Today, qui tam is the same thing as whistleblower. In a qui tam case, the whistleblower is rewarded by the government with a portion of the spoils.

A qui tam case is a case in which an informant tells the government about misconduct, and shares in any money collected as a result.

At the Employment Law Office of Colorado, Denver’s qui tam attorneys manage qui tam lawsuits and cases that have netted millions of dollars for the government and for their clients.

Where Whistleblowers Come From

Informants come from nearly every industry: hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies, construction companies, student lenders and companies that contract with FEMA, NASA and the DOD — anyone who does business with the government and may be cheating, bribing, offering kickbacks, taking kickbacks, upcoding, defrauding, overbilling, or just stealing.

Successful Colorado False Claims Act Attorney

Our lawyers are experienced qui tam lawyers who takes fraud cases and pursues them in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice.

It’s not easy to be a whistleblower. People who used to be your friends will be angry at you. But you do get three things:

  • The satisfaction that you are doing the right thing and saving taxpayers money
  • The satisfaction of interrupting a crime in progress
  • The financial reward of a portion of the money paid to the government, which often tops $1 million

Employer Wrongs and Employee Rights

If you have witnessed fraud against the U.S. government or any other governmental entity, we urge you to contact Denver’s qui tam attorneys, they will analyze your case to determine its strength.

Have you been a witness to fraud against U.S. taxpayers?

Whether you are facing wage claims, qui tam or whistleblower cases, or wrongful discharge, our lawyers are here to help. Our experienced attorneys will help you with the process and get the compensation you deserve. Contact us for a free consultation!