Over Half of Separation Clauses at International Relief and Development Violate Whistleblower Laws According to Inspector General

A federal inspector general said Thursday that more than half of the separation agreements signed by departing employees of a nonprofit that received hundreds of millions of tax dollars to work in Iraq and Afghanistan contain provisions that violate whistleblower-protection laws.  The separation agreements warned employees that they could face legal action if they made disparaging remarks about IRD, including comments to “funding agencies” or “officials of any government.”

 

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