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The report becomes an inquiry into the reporter.

A substantive concern is followed by scrutiny of its author; the original concern needs its own disposition.

Supporting material

Diaz-Robainas: official retaliation finding
Petitt: affirmed administrative merits finding

Contrary evidence

Griffin: referral justified on independent evidence
Mandreger: employer prevailed despite evidence of hostility

What to look for

Code only a documented shift in decision-making subject, with separate dates and asserted reasons. A referral after speech alone does not establish retaliation.

Accountable practice

Keep two linked records: the issue reported and any action concerning the reporter. Neither closes the other automatically.

What remains unanswered

Fate of the original hazard is often missing from the employment decision. Missing in a reviewed source does not mean no investigation occurred.

Connected records

Diaz-Robainas: a safety dispute became an evaluation order →Karlene Petitt: a pilot’s safety report and psychiatric evaluation →Mandreger: the consequences that followed an EAP referral →Griffin: the evaluation the board did not find retaliatory →

No diagnosis, motive, incapacity or misconduct inference about a person from a pattern match.

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