In 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed in response to the Enron and WorldCom scandals, offering broad protections for whistleblowers at public companies in order to encourage fraud reporting. Private companies were considered immune to the law.
But in 2014 the Supreme Court heard a challenge to SOX, and ruled that even though the plaintiffs were not employees of the publicly traded company, the SOX whistleblower statute applied to them. The reason? They suffered retaliation for reporting alleged fraud involving financial reporting of a publicly-traded company.
Here’s what the law now says:
SOX covers employees of a public company’s private contractors and subcontractors.
SOX covers privately-owned companies if they provide services for publicly-traded ones. Answer:
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1 .reasonable cause
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a case wants a reasonable moment
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A
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After 2/3 of Congress votes to pass an amendment it is sent to States for approval. 3/4 of the states (38) must approve before it is ratified to the U.S Constitution. This is done by a vote in the State Legislature or a special ratifying convention.
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b- unable to complete daily tasks or responsibilities
