A recent, precedential decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit makes clear that the Whistleblower Protection Act doesn’t apply to employees who refuse to obey an order that would violate a regulation, as opposed to a statute. At issue in the case (Rainey v. MSPB, decided June 7, 2016) is a... Read More in Tread Carefully Before Refusing to Obey an Order that Would Violate a Regulation![]()
