On Oct 10, 4:45?pm, (Sam Sloan) wrote:
USCF Exposed to Whistleblower lawsuit

If the USCF and its board were not in enough trouble already, it is
now subject to prosecution of a whistleblower lawsuit, because two
USCF website administrators have been dismissed yesterday in direct
retaliation for revealing that two board members have engaged in
impersonation of a former USCF board member.

Here is the official statement of the USCF Board, as reported on Susan
Polgars Blogspot athttp://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/10/frivolous-lawsuit-and-other-i...

"Official statement by the USCF EB

"This is an official statement by the USCF (5-0 vote with Paul and I
abstaining)

"Recent events have led to charges and counter-charges about false
postings on chess websites that may involve USCF members and improper
activity by independent contractors working for the USCF. At this
time, it must be stressed that none of these claims can be
independently substantiated, and the USCF does not support them. The
USCF apologizes for any unintended resulting actions.

"The USCF takes seriously its need to protect the privacy of its
members and is actively investigating the charges of violation of its
privacy policies and actions of its members. The individuals who may
have violated these policies have agreed, as of today, to suspend
their duties with the USCF until these issues are resolved."

From the above quote, it is apparent that two USCF employees have been
dismissed in retaliation for revealing that two board members have
been engaging in criminal activity. Thus, the employees can
successfully bring a Whistleblower lawsuit.

"Whistleblowing is disclosing information that an employee, former
employee or a member of an organization that he or she reasonably
believes is evidence of misconduct or illegal activity. Whistleblowers
are most often employees of businesses, but are also commonly
employees of government agencies.

"The information of misconduct can include violations of law, rules,
regulations and/or direct threats to public interest such as fraud,
health, safety violations, abuse of power and corruption.

"When a whistleblower files a discrimination or retaliation claim,
they are required to show that they engaged in protected activity,
that the employer knew about the activity, subjected him or her to an
adverse employment action, and the protected activity contributed to
the adverse action.

"Adverse employment action is a material change in the terms or
conditions of employment. Depending upon the circumstances of the
case, discrimination can include intimidation of an employee,
reduction in pay or hours, disciplinary action, a demotion, denial of
overtime, a re-assignment that would impact a future promotion, a
denial of a promotion, firing or laying off the employee or the
blacklisting of an employee."

http://www.weitzlux.com/whistleblowe...ey_339408.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower

http://jobsearchtech.about.com/cs/la...tle_blower.htm

Now that the board has exposed the USCF to yet another lawsuit, I
think it is time for the board to consider resigning.

Sam Sloan

Mr Sloan:

I confess to ignorance of the details of US law, but I see nothing in
the USCF statement to warrant your use of the word dismissal. The
website administrators concerned have agreed to suspend their duties
temporarily. That seems a reasonable course of action, taking them
out of the front line while investigation continues, and is surely far
from unknown in employee relations. I believe that you are jumping
to conclusions.

Paul Buswell

On Oct 10, 11:35 am, PB wrote:
On Oct 10, 4:45?pm, (Sam Sloan) wrote:





USCF Exposed to Whistleblower lawsuit

If the USCF and its board were not in enough trouble already, it is
now subject to prosecution of a whistleblower lawsuit, because two
USCF website administrators have been dismissed yesterday in direct
retaliation for revealing that two board members have engaged in
impersonation of a former USCF board member.

Here is the official statement of the USCF Board, as reported on Susan
Polgars Blogspot athttp://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2007/10/frivolous-lawsuit-and-other-i...

"Official statement by the USCF EB

"This is an official statement by the USCF (5-0 vote with Paul and I
abstaining)

"Recent events have led to charges and counter-charges about false
postings on chess websites that may involve USCF members and improper
activity by independent contractors working for the USCF. At this
time, it must be stressed that none of these claims can be
independently substantiated, and the USCF does not support them. The
USCF apologizes for any unintended resulting actions.

"The USCF takes seriously its need to protect the privacy of its
members and is actively investigating the charges of violation of its
privacy policies and actions of its members. The individuals who may
have violated these policies have agreed, as of today, to suspend
their duties with the USCF until these issues are resolved."

From the above quote, it is apparent that two USCF employees have been
dismissed in retaliation for revealing that two board members have
been engaging in criminal activity. Thus, the employees can
successfully bring a Whistleblower lawsuit.

"Whistleblowing is disclosing information that an employee, former
employee or a member of an organization that he or she reasonably
believes is evidence of misconduct or illegal activity. Whistleblowers
are most often employees of businesses, but are also commonly
employees of government agencies.

"The information of misconduct can include violations of law, rules,
regulations and/or direct threats to public interest such as fraud,
health, safety violations, abuse of power and corruption.

"When a whistleblower files a discrimination or retaliation claim,
they are required to show that they engaged in protected activity,
that the employer knew about the activity, subjected him or her to an
adverse employment action, and the protected activity contributed to
the adverse action.

"Adverse employment action is a material change in the terms or
conditions of employment. Depending upon the circumstances of the
case, discrimination can include intimidation of an employee,
reduction in pay or hours, disciplinary action, a demotion, denial of
overtime, a re-assignment that would impact a future promotion, a
denial of a promotion, firing or laying off the employee or the
blacklisting of an employee."

http://www.weitzlux.com/whistleblowe...ey_339408.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistleblower

http://jobsearchtech.about.com/cs/la...tle_blower.htm

Now that the board has exposed the USCF to yet another lawsuit, I
think it is time for the board to consider resigning.

Sam Sloan

Mr Sloan:

I confess to ignorance of the details of US law, but I see nothing in
the USCF statement to warrant your use of the word dismissal. The
website administrators concerned have agreed to suspend their duties
temporarily. That seems a reasonable course of action, taking them
out of the front line while investigation continues, and is surely far
from unknown in employee relations. I believe that you are jumping
to conclusions.

Paul Buswell- Hide quoted text -

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Paul,
Sloan is simply throwing around more garbage. There is nothing here
and the "law" LOL, does not apply.