Erin works for a dry-cleaning company that has a contract with the U. S. government. To save on cleaning fluid, her boss orders her to wash some clothes that are supposed to be dry-cleaned in a washing machine. When the courier hired to pick up the cleaned garments arrives, Erin tells him about her boss' actions. Erin tells no one else about what is going on and is later fired. Erin:
is not protected by the whistleblower statute because she failed to inform the proper party of the contract violation.

is not protected by the whistleblower statute because she failed to inform the proper party of the contract violation.

Explanation:

As you saw in the question above, Erin works at a dry cleaning company, however, for the sake of product savings, her boss asks her to wash customers' clothes on a washing machine instead of dry cleaning . This is fraud, as customers have paid for a service that is not being done.

Erin, knowing about the fraud, tells a person her boss's decision to save the products, but it doesn't tell the part that her boss violates the consumer contract. For this reason, Erin cannot be defended by the whistleblower's status.

The whistleblower's status only protects people who have been harmed by exposing misconduct, or dishonest and illegal activity, as Erin's boss did.

the first question's answer is a.