Case: Individual Employment Rights/Whistleblowing (Fla.)

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for Gulf Power Company and Southern Company on a welder mechanic’s retaliation claim under Florida’s private sector whistle-blower’s act, ruling that to prevail the employee must prove the employer’s activity is defined as in violation of law rather than just having a good faith belief it was illegal, and the plaintiff failed to show his safety objections constituted actual legal violations.

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