Oil giant Exxon was ordered to reinstate 2 employees and pay $800,000 for illegally firing them after suspecting them of leaking information to the mediaOil and gas giant Exxon Mobil illegally fired two workers that it suspected of leaking information to The Wall Street Journal, the US Department of Labor said.- Exxon Mobil fired two workers it suspected of leaking information to the WSJ, the DoL said.The Journal reported in September 2020 that some current and former employees thought that Exxon's huge growth plans related to its investments in the Texas Permian Basin which were included in SEC filings made by the company were unrealistic.The sources also told the publication that there had been disagreements over the present value of the oil and gas in a part of the basin known as the Delaware based on differing beliefs on how fast Exxon could drill."The claims made about drilling rates are demonstrably false," an Exxon spokesperson told Insider on Wednesday."