On June 16, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court opened a new avenue for employees to file retaliation claims. In a majority decision, the court held that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) is not the only pathway...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court (the “Supreme Court”) has taken the “whistleblowers be made whole” purpose of the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law, 43 P.S. §§1421-1428, (the “PAWL”) to the next level in its March 27, 2018...more
On March 27, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously ruled that noneconomic damages for injuries such as humiliation and mental anguish are recoverable for whistleblowers harmed in violation of Pennsylvania’s...more