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Also called: whistleblower report; protected report.
“Report” means a verbal, written, or electronic communication by an employee about an actual, suspected, or planned violation of a statute, regulation, or common law, whether committed by an employer or a third party.
Minn. Stat. § 181.931, subd. 6, new in Laws 2013, ch. 83, § 3. Four things are on the face of it: spoken reports count, a suspected violation counts, a planned violation counts, and conduct by someone other than your employer counts. What the definition does not address is whom you told — the audience is set by Minn. Stat. § 181.932, subd. 1, not here — or whether a violation actually occurred.
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