No. Whistleblowing does not normally include an employer’s
retaliation because of routine complaints about on-the-job
personal problems or issues that affect only a single person.
Actions that are considered whistleblowing tend to focus more on
conduct prohibited by a specific law and that causes damage to the
public at large, to the taxpayers in general, or to our general
public interest in a fair, efficient, and just government.
Some instances of retaliation are illegal, such as an employer
firing an employee because she filed an EEOC charge alleging sex
discrimination. But, this type of retaliation is not normally
considered whistleblowing, because the events concern an
individual person’s employment status, as opposed to wrongdoing
involving large segments of the workforce or endangering the
general health and safety of an entire city population.
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