Employee may pursue whistleblower suit
An employee of the Zionist Organization of America, a New York not-for-profit corporation, may pursue a claim under the New York statute requiring certain nonprofits to adopt and implement a whistleblower protection law. An appellate court in New York has reversed a trial court decision dismissing the whistleblower claim because the employer failed to refute the plaintiff’s allegation that he was an employee of the corporation. The Court affirmed dismissal of a claim for violation of New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination and its Conscientious Employee Protection Act. The Court said the employee had failed to show that he was employed to work in New Jersey. He began working for the...
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