Hanford whistleblowers awarded $216,000 in back pay, compensation
Two Hanford whistleblowers have been awarded $216,000 in back pay and compensation, plus interest and attorney fees, after being suspended from their jobs by Computer Sciences Corp.
The decision by a U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judge followed a six-day trial in Kennewick that began in November after the company appealed an earlier decision.
The whistleblowers were represented by Hanford Challenge, a Seattle-based worker advocacy group for the nuclear reservation, and an additional attorney.
Kirtley Clem and Matthew Spencer worked as computer specialists for Computer Sciences Corp., or CSC, in 2012 when the company held the occupational medicine contract for Hanford.
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