Archive for July, 2019

“At-will employee” no defense for firing an employee after reporting a safety hazard

Posted on July 2nd, 2019 by

The U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently denied an employer’s motion to vacate a jury’s award of punitive damages to a former employee of an iron-casting company who claimed he was terminated for reporting alleged safety and health hazards. When no corrective action was taken after he repeatedly complained about a […]