Sec. 39.90.140. Definitions.
In AS 39.90.100 – 39.90.150, (1) “employee” or “public employee” means a person who performs a service for wages or other remuneration under a contract of hire, written or oral, express or implied, for a public employer; (2) “employer” or “public employer” includes the state, a public or quasi-public corporation or authority established by state […]
Sec. 39.90.150. Short title.
AS 39.90.100 – 39.90.150 may be cited as the Alaska Whistleblower Act.
Sec. 39.90.200. Purpose of AS 39.90.200 – 39.90.290.
It is the purpose of AS 39.90.200 – 39.90.290 to establish procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of protected federal tax information as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103(p)(4). The procedures established in AS 39.90.200 – 39.90.290 apply to a current or prospective state employee whose job duties include access to protected federal tax information.
Sec. 39.90.210. Background investigation for employees with access to federal tax information.
(a) In connection with an initial application or as a condition of continued employment in a position with the state for which the job duties include access to federal tax information, an agency shall require a prospective or current employee to provide information for a background investigation and request a state and national criminal history […]
Sec. 39.90.290. Definitions.
In AS 39.90.200 – 39.90.290, unless the context otherwise requires, (1) “agency” means a department, the Office of the Governor, or an entity in the executive branch, including the University of Alaska, a public or quasi-public corporation, a board or commission, and the Alaska Railroad Corporation; (2) “employee” means a permanent, probationary, seasonal, temporary, provisional, […]
Sec. 39.90.010. Obstruction of access to public information.
(a) A public employee may not be dismissed, demoted, suspended, laid off, or otherwise made subject to any disciplinary action for communicating matters of public record or information under AS 40.25.110 and 40.25.120. (b) In this section, “public employee” means any employee receiving compensation for services provided to the state, including the University of Alaska, […]
Sec. 39.90.020. Nepotism prohibited.
It is unlawful for a person who is the spouse of or is related by blood within and including the second degree of kindred to the executive head of a principal state department or agency to be employed in that department or agency.
Sec. 39.90.100. Persons protected.
(a) A public employer may not discharge, threaten, or otherwise discriminate against an employee regarding the employee’s compensation, terms, conditions, location, or privileges of employment because (1) the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the employee, reports to a public body or is about to report to a public body a matter of […]
Sec. 39.90.110. Limitation to protections.
(a) A person is not entitled to the protections under AS 39.90.100 – 39.90.150 unless the person (1) reasonably believes that the information reported is or is about to become a matter of public concern; and (2) reports the information in good faith. (b) A person is entitled to the protections under AS 39.90.100 – […]
Sec. 39.90.120. Relief and penalties.
(a) A person who alleges a violation of AS 39.90.100 may bring a civil action and the court may grant appropriate relief, including punitive damages. (b) A person who violates or attempts to violate AS 39.90.100 is also liable for a civil fine of not more than $10,000. The attorney general may enforce this subsection. […]