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 Conscientious Employee Protection Act "Whistleblower Act" PDF

The Conscientious Employee Protection Act "Whistleblower Act" is a labor law posters poster by the New Jersey Department Of Labor and Workforce Development. This is a mandatory posting for all employers in New Jersey, and businesses who fail to comply may be subject to fines or sanctions.

Updated 10/2019. This poster, written in both English and Spanish, must be posted in a conspicuous place where all employees will see it. This poster describes how the "Conscientious Employee Protection Act" (CEPA) law protects employees who notify the government of the illegal activities of their employers.


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Conscientious Employee Protection Act	 	
“Whistleblower Act”
Employer retaliatory action; protected employee actions; employee respon\
sibilities	
1. New Jersey  law pro	hibits an employer from taking any retaliatory action against an employee because the employee 	
does any of the following:
a. Discloses, or threatens to disclose, to a supervisor or to a public body an activity, policy or practice of the 	
employer or another employer, with whom there is a business relationship, that the employee reasonab\
ly believes 
is in violation of a law, or a rule or regulation issued under the law, or, in the case of an employee who is a 
licensed or certified health care professional, reasonably believes constitutes improper quality of patient care;	
b. Provides information to, or testifies before, any public body conducting an investigation, hearing or inquiry into any 	
violation of law, or a rule or regulation issued under the law by the employer or anothe\
r employer, with whom there 
is a business relationship, or, in the case of an employee who is a licensed or certified health care professional, 
provides information to, or testifies before, any public body conducting an investigation, hearing or inquiry into 
quality of patient care; or	
c. Provides information involving deception of, or misrepresentation to, any shareholder, investor, client, patient, 	
customer, employee, former employee, retiree or pensioner of the employer or any\
 governmental entity.	
d. Provides information regarding any perceived criminal or fraudulent activity, policy or practice of deception or 	
misrepresentation which the employee reasonably believes may defraud any\
 shareholder, investor, client, patient, 
customer, employee, former employee, retiree or pensioner of the employer or any\
 governmental entity.	
e. Objects to, or refuses to participate in, any activity, policy or practice which the employee reasonably believes:	
(1) is in violation of a law, or a rule or regulation issued 	under the law or, if the employee is a licensed or 	 	
certified health care professional, constitutes improper quality of patient care;	
(2)  is fraudulent or criminal; or
(3) is incompatible with a clear mandate of public policy concerning the public health, safety or welfare or 	
protection of the environment. N.J.S.A. 34:19-3.	
2. 	The protection against retaliation, when a disclosure is made to a publi\
c body, does not apply unless the employee 
has brought the activity, policy or practice to the attention of a supervisor of the employee by\
 written notice and given 
the employer a reasonable opportunity to correct the activity, policy or practice. However, disclosure is not required 
where the employee reasonably believes that the activity, policy or practice is known to one or more supervisors of 
the employer or where the employee fears physical harm as a result of th\
e disclosure, provided that the situation is 
emergency in nature.	
AD-270 (10/19)	
This notice must be conspicuously displayed.	
Once each year, employers with 10 or more employees must distribute notice of this law\
 to their employees. 	
If you need this document in a language other than English or Spanish, p\
lease call 609-292-7832. 	
CONTACT INFORMATION	
Your employer has designated the following contact person 	
to receive written notifications, pursuant to paragraph 2 above (N.J.S.A. 34:19-4)	: 	
Name:______________________________________________________________
Address:____________________________________________________________	 	
___________________________________________________________________	 	
Telephone Number:____________________________________________________

AD-270.1 (10/19)	
Acciones de represalia del empleador; protección de las acciones del \
empleado	
1.  La ley de New Jersey prohíbe que los empleadores tomen medidas de represalia contra todo empleado que haga lo 	
siguiente:
a. Divulgue o amenace con divulgar, ya sea a un supervisor o a una agencia pública toda actividad, dire\
ctriz o norma del 	
empleador o de cualquier otro empleador con el que exista una relación de negocios y que el empleado tiene motivos 
fundados para pensar que violan alguna ley, o en el caso de un trabajador licenciado o certificado de la salud y que 
tiene motivos fundados para pensar que se trata de una manera inadecuada de atención al paciente;	
b. Facilite información o preste testimonio ante cualquier agencia pública que conduzca una investigación, audiencia 	
o indagación sobre la violación de alguna ley, regla o reglamento que el empleador o algún otro empleador con el 
que exista una relación de negocios; o en el caso de un trabajador licenciado o certificado de la salud que facilite 
información o preste testimonio ante cualquier agencia pública que conduzca una investigación, audiencia o indagación 
sobre la calidad de la atención al paciente; o	
c. Ofrece información concerniente al engaño o la tergiversación con accionistas, inversionistas, usuarios, pacientes, 	
clientes, empleados, ex empleados, retirados o pensionados del empleador o de cualquier agencia gubernamental.	
d. Ofrece información con respecto a toda actividad que se pueda percibir como delictiva o fraudulenta, toda directiva 	
o práctica engañosa o de tergiversación que el empleado tenga motivos fundados para pensar que pudieran estafar 
a accionistas, inversionistas, usuarios, pacientes, clientes, empleados, ex empleados, retirados o pensionados del 
empleador o de cualquier agencia gubernamental.  	
e. Se opone o se niega a participar en alguna actividad, directriz o práctica que el empleado tiene motivos fundados para 	
pensar que:
(1)  viola alguna ley, o regla o reglamento que dicta la ley o en el caso de un empleado licenciado o certificado en 	
cuidado de la salud que tiene motivos fundados para pensar que constituya atención inadecuada al paciente;	
(2)  es fraudulenta o delictiva; o
(3)  es incompatible con algún mandato establecido por las directri\
ces públicas relacionadas con la salud pública, la 	
seguridad o el bienestar o la protección del medio ambiente. Artículo 34:19-3 de las Leyes comentadas de New 
Jersey de protección del empleado consciente (N.J.S.A., por sus siglasen inglés)	
2. No se puede acoger a la protección contra la represalia, cuando se hace una divulgación a un organismo público, a no 	
ser que el empleado le informe al empleador de tal actividad, política o norma a través de un aviso por escrito y le haya 
dado al empleador una oportunidad razonable para corregir tal actividad,\
 política o norma.  Sin embargo, no es necesaria 
la divulgación en los casos en que el empleado tenga indicios razonables para creer que un supervisor o más de un 
supervisor del empleador tienen conocimiento de tal actividad, política o norma o en los casos en los que el empleado 
teme que tal divulgación pueda traer como consecuencia daños físicos a su persona siempre y cuando la naturaleza de la 
situación sea la de una situación de emergencia.	
Este aviso se debe exponer a la vista de todos.	
Anualmente, patronos con 10 o más empleados, deberán distribuir notificación de esta ley a todos sus empleados. 
Si necesita este documento en algún otro idioma que no sea inglés o español, sírvase llamar al 609-292-7832. 	
La Ley de protección al empleado consciente 	 	
“Ley de protección del denunciante”	
Información del Contacto	
Su empleador ha designado a la siguiente persona para	
recibir notificaciones de acuerdo al parafo 2, de la ley (N.J.S.A. 34:19-4):	
Nombre:	 _______________________________________________________________	
Dirección:	 ______________________________________________________________	
 ______________________________________________________________________	 	
Número de teléfono:	 _____________________________________________________

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