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Complaints to an Ombudsman Count as a “Public Body” Under Whistleblowing Provisions

By Daniel Schwartz on September 3, 2013
Posted in Litigation

Connecticut’s whistleblowing statute (Conn.Gen. Stat. Sec. 31-51m) protects employees who have made a complaint to a “public body”.

But what exactly is a “public body”? Well, there is a definition but a recent Superior Court case had to look beyond that to determine if a complaint to a special ombudsman would count.

The facts…

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