Unemployment fuels rise in whistleblower claims 
With more attention being given to corporate rule-breaking and stronger laws supporting those who report it, employment lawyers are seeing more workers claiming that they lost their jobs because they complained about wrongdoing in the workplace, beyond those covered by special laws like Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank.
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- Unemployment fuels rise in whistleblower claims
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