Reprisal Complaint
Before you start a submission, watch the video below and read the following explanation to understand what constitutes reprisal under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act and how you may be protected. This will only take a few minutes.
A reprisal may be any adverse action taken against you because you made a disclosure of wrongdoing or cooperated in an investigation into a disclosure of wrongdoing. It can come in many forms, such as:
(a) A disciplinary measure
(b) The demotion of a public servant
(c) The termination of employment of the public servant, including, in the case of a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a discharge or dismissal
(d) Any measure that adversely affects the employment or working conditions of the public servant
(e) A threat to take any of the measures referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d)
Are you protected?
Federal public servants, including members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and employees of federal crown corporations, are protected under the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act.
Former federal public servants may also be protected as long as the alleged reprisal took place because they made a disclosure of wrongdoing or participated in an investigation while working as a federal public servant.
