Caldwell v. Florida Department of Elder Affairs

Under governing statutes and rules, the Commission’s role is to investigate public *1065sector whistleblowers’ complaints and to advocate for public employee whistleblow-ers who have been subjected to retaliation. In the present case, the Commission failed to fulfill its roles as investigator and advocate, and acted instead as judge, jury and executioner. The express “intent of the Legislature [is] to prevent agencies ... from taking retaliatory action against any person who discloses information to an appropriate agency alleging improper use of governmental office, gross waste of funds, or any…