*Chelsea and *Katherine were dedicated co-employees at a corporation. Both employees excelled in their roles while consistently receiving positive performance reviews and praise for their work.
When Chelsea and Katherine discovered their supervisor had been misusing company funds for personal expenses, they immediately reported the unlawful conduct to higher management. They reported that their manager had purchased things like hotel stays and other personal expenses using the company credit card.
When Chelsea and Katherine demanded meetings to discuss the misconduct with higher management, they were cancelled and never rescheduled. Katherine ultimately reported the illegal activity to HR. HR initiated an ‘investigation’. Katherine and Chelsea repeatedly came to HR with additional evidence of their manager’s illegal activity, but were told to stop ‘wasting their time’ by looking into these issues. HR ultimately completed their investigation, and told both women that there was ‘nothing to be concerned about’.
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Days after the completion of the HR ‘investigation’, Chelsea and Katherine were fired. Instead of applauding their efforts to prevent the misuse of company funds, the company terminated Chelsea and Katherine for blowing the whistle in July of 2023. The company feared acknowledgment of financial mismanagement would create mistrust among customers, and further harm business.
Just days following their termination, Chelsea and Katherine reached out to Madia Law. We built up their case for over two years and ultimately settled the case for $1,100,000.00. We commend Chelsea and Katherine for their bravery, and commitment to doing the right thing.
*Original names omitted.
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