The Supreme Court of Michigan has held that the state’s Whistleblower Protection Act does not protect an employee who is terminated because she reported a coworker’s plan to violate a law in the future. The “plain language” of the Act provides protection only against retaliation for a report of an act or conduct that has actually occurred or is ongoing, the Court said. Barbara Pace worked for SIREN Eaton Shelter, a nonprofit providing services to survivors of domestic violence. She claimed that the organization’s operations manager had told her that she intended to use SIREN grant money to purchase a stove for her daughter and implied that Pace should document the transaction in the name of...