Labor Code § 1102.5 Claims
California’s core whistleblower statute—protection for reporting or refusing to participate in unlawful conduct.
In plain terms
Labor Code section 1102.5 is California’s primary whistleblower-protection statute. It generally bars employers from retaliating because a worker disclosed—or the employer believed the worker might disclose—a violation of law to a government agency, law enforcement, or a person with authority over the employee, or refused to participate in activity that would violate the law. Cases often turn on protected disclosure or refusal, the employer’s knowledge or suspicion, and whether retaliation was a contributing factor in what happened next.