An employee of Olympus Corp. reached a settlement Thursday in a dispute over his treatment after he blew the whistle on his boss, winning ¥11 million in compensation.
Masaharu Hamada, 55, filed a lawsuit against Olympus with the Tokyo District Court in 2012, seeking ¥26 million in damages because he felt the company continued to treat him inappropriately even after a top court nullified a job transfer order.
In the court settlement, Olympus admitted that it should have given Hamada better treatment. It promised to treat him fairly in future.