§ 8-3. Whistleblower protection against retaliatory personnel action.

(a) In general.

Unless a disclosure is specifically prohibited by law, a supervisor may not take retaliatory personnel action against a whistleblower for making a covered disclosure.

(b) Exceptions.

This section does not prohibit a supervisor from taking any personnel action against a whistleblower if the supervisor would have taken the personnel action regardless of whether the employee made the covered disclosure.