In this recent post, I wrote about California’s employee whistleblower legislation. California Labor Code § 1102.7 requires the California Attorney General to maintain a whistleblower hotline to receive calls from persons who have information regarding possible violations of state or federal statutes, rules, or regulations, or violations of fiduciary responsibility by a corporation or limited liability company to its shareholders, investors, or employees. California employers, moreover, are required to “prominently display” in lettering larger than size 14 point type a list of employees’ rights and responsibilities under the whistleblower laws, including the telephone number of the whistleblower hotline. Cal. Labor Code § 1102.8. Oddly, the statute doesn’t say where this prominent display is to be made.

What happens when you call the Attorney General’s hotline (800-952-5225)? Well, you hear the following recorded message...