Section 1.295. Complaints by employes; disclosure of identity; reprisals

(a) The State Inspector General may receive and investigate complaints or information concerning the possible existence of an activity in an executive agency constituting a violation of law, rules or regulations, or mismanagement, fraud, waste of funds, abuse of authority, malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance or a substantial and specific danger to the public health and safety.

(b) No person may take or threaten to take action against an employe as a reprisal for making a complaint or disclosing information to the State Inspector General, unless the complaint was made or the information disclosed with the knowledge that it was false or with willful disregard for its truth or falsity.

(c) The protections in this subchapter for employes who report, in good faith, fraud, waste, misconduct, malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance or abuse are in addition and supplementary to protections provided by the Whistleblower Law (43 P. S. § § 1421—1428).

The provisions of this § 1.295 adopted by Executive Order No. 1979-11, dated September 12, 1979, effective September 12, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 3455; amended by Executive Order No. 1987-7, dated April 6, 1987, effective April 6, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 1661. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (115602).