the need for dispatch is diminished. Because violations of the FLSA do not pose direct and immediate threats to public safety, Putnam asserts, Congress must have intended to require FLSA complainants to avail themselves of judicial or administrative remedies. While the above contentions have some force, they are not wholly persuasive. The need for dispatch in correcting safety violations is only one of the many objects of the STAA’s anti-retaliation regime. As the Clean Harbors panel explained, forcing employees with safety concerns to go straight to the government would deny the company an opportunity to “remedy its own problems voluntarily and quietly.” Id. at 21. Internal complaints may be seen as benefitting not only the employee, but the employer as well. Id. See also id. at 19 (<HOLDING>). Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the
recognizing the value of leveraging the governments limited enforcement resources recognizing the extraordinary value of the vehicle title and registration records for law enforcement holding the aggregate value of the land and its improvements is the controlling value holding determination of property value in case to decide if assessed value was excessive is not a liquidated demand where only evidence of property value was the conclusory allegation of value in plaintiffs unsworn petition recognizing that the governments failure to prevail is a factor that may be considered