Dish Fined $250,000 For Blacklisting Whistle Blowing Employee

Why can't we fine Obama for blacklisting a Whistle Blowing Employee......I mean how is someone whistle blowing on a corrupt corporation different from someone whistle blowing on a corrupt government agency? Seriously we have our priorities wrong, cause corruption in government is way worse than corruption @ Dish network, seriously.

250k fine is very misleading:

> OSHA has subsequently forced Dish to pay $157,024 in back wages, $100,000 in compensatory damages, as well as the former employee's legal fees.

so 157k was paying a debt, not really a fine.

The OSHA headline is fairly precise:

US Department of Labor's OSHA orders DISH Network to pay more than $257,000 in wages and damages to blacklisted former employee

Back wages typically are "lost opportunity" payments, and not debts (in plain english usage), but rather contingent liabilities (because they are un-earned until administratively granted).

Similarly to how none of this was a "fine" but it was an "ordered" payment.

Wait what? What motivates Dish do that? Were they laundering money or something?

My initial thought is that there was a cushy deal and someone higher up was getting kickbacks, and didn’t like it being called out.