Effective August 12, 2011, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued final rules to implement the Dodd-Frank whistleblower program, such that publicly traded employers should not interfere with an employee’s communication efforts with the SEC or take any adverse actions against an employee for exercising his or her rights under the whistleblower provisions.
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