Reporting money laundering just got safer for whistleblowers

The US Labor Department set new rules for how its safety agency must handle complaints from people who report money laundering. This gives whistleblowers a clear, step-by-step process to fight back if their employer punishes them for speaking up.

The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 made it illegal to retaliate against whistleblowers, but it did not spell out how to enforce that. These new rules create a formal administrative process for those complaints, handled by the US Labor Department. This means people who expose financial crimes now have a clear path to seek justice if their employer tries to silence them.