(a) An appointing authority shall not take or threaten to take any reprisal action against an employee in the career, senior executive or unclassified service in retaliation for an employee's lawful disclosure of information on the violation of any law or rule, governmental mismanagement or abuse of authority. (b) An appointing authority shall not take or threaten to take any action against an employee in the career service or an employee in the senior executive service with career status based on
(a) No employee in the career or senior executive service shall directly or indirectly use or seek to use his or her position to control or affect the political action of another person or engage in political activity during working hours. See 11A:2-23. (b) No employee in the career, senior executive, or unclassified services whose principal employment is in connection with a program financed in whole or in part by Federal grants or loans, shall engage in any of the following prohibited activities