What kind of disclosures or whistleblowing is covered by the Kentucky Whistleblower Act?
A: The Kentucky Whistleblower Act makes it unlawful for an "employer" to retaliate "in any manner whatsoever" against any employee who in good faith reports to "any law enforcement agency or its employees, or any other appropriate body or authority, any facts or information relative to an actual or suspected violation of any law, statute, executive order, administrative regulation, mandate, rule, or ordinance of the United States, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or any of its political subdivisions, or any facts or information relative to actual or suspected mismanagement, waste, fraud, abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety." Kentucky Revised Statute sec. 61.102.
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