Reply #1: more info from the FDOT vs. Curtis & FCHR case..... [View All]

"The Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) seeks reversal of a final order which temporarily reinstates Clinton Curtis "to his former contract provision with the Florida Department of Transportation," on the authority of the Florida Whistleblower’s Act, sections 112.3187-112.31895, Florida Statutes (2002). This order was entered following a complaint by Curtis to the Florida Commission on Human
Relations (FCHR) in which he alleged that he had been separated from employment as a result of retaliatory action by DOT. Curtis alleged that DOT took such retaliatory action because he had reported that DOT was overcharged by an independent contractor for whom Curtis was formerly employed. Without reaching the question of whether Curtis’ employment status entitled him to the remedies available under the Whistle-blower’s Act, we hold the matter should not have proceeded to the circuit
court because Curtis’ complaint to FCHR was untimely on its face."

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