The Honolulu City Council last month approved a $2.8 million settlement for a former city employee who was fired for whistleblowing.

Hawaii News Now has the details of the case.

In early 2008, a jury found the city wrongfully terminated Nancy Olipares from her job after she complained about what she claimed was wrongdoing in the administration of former Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris.

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In 2003, her contract was not renewed as head of the Oahu Workforce Investment Board, a federally-funded city agency that provides job training and other employment help.

Olipares said Michael Amii, then the director of the city’s Department of Community Services, fired her in retaliation for reporting the misuse of federal funds in the program.

The settlement was approved at the Dec. 7 Council meeting. According to a committee report, Olipares was paid $260,000 on Dec. 15 and will get the same amount on April 15 and July 15. After that, she’ll get $343,000 every July 15 through 2018.

Read Hawaii News Now for more, including reaction from Budget Committee Chair Ann Kobayashi.