Legal Question in Employment Law in Washington

Re: Wrongful termination

I'm assuming, since you mention a contract, that she is working for a private employer that provides security services to the federal government.

For the incident you describe, she may have a whistleblower claim if she suffers an adverse employment action (i.e., if she is not ultimately reinstated with back pay.) I would need to hear more details to know for sure.

You mention that this is one of several incidents. I would need to know the specifics on the other incidents before I could say whether she has a claim for those. There is no law in Washington State against employers being unfair jerks. They can also terminate employees for a bad reason or for no reason at all. They just cannot terminate or otherwise take adverse action against an employee for a short list of illegal reasons.

If the employer is picking on your wife for one of the illegal reasons, or if she has reason to believe that the reasons the employer gives are pretext for an illegal reason, she may have a claim. She should contact an attorney and go over the specifics. Many attorneys will provide an initial consultation, to see whether you may have a case or not, at low cost or at no charge.