“Watchdog” Employees are Entitled to Full Protection Under CEPA

Lippman v. Ethicon, Inc., ___ N.J. ___ (2015).  In 2013, the Appellate Division determined that so-called “watchdog” employees (that is, employees whose job it is to bring forward issues relating to, for example, product safety) are protected as whistleblowers by the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -8 (“CEPA”).  That ruling reversed a summary […]

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