· 9/27/1995
Raykovitz v. K Mart Corp.
Citations
- 665 A.2d 833
- 445 Pa. Super. 378
- 1995 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3012
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- termination in retaliation for employee seeking unemployment benefits is a public policy exception to the general at-will doctrine
- employee fired for receiving unemployment compensation where statute prohibits waiver of those rights
- discharge for collecting partial unemployment compensation based on previous full-time job while employed part-time by K Mart would violate public policy embodied in statute rendering void any agreement by employee to waive, release or commute rights to unemployment compensation
- discharge for collecting partial unemployment compensation based on previous full-time job while employed part-time by K Mart would violate public policy embodied in statute rendering void any agreement by employee to waive, release or commute rights to unemployment compensation
- employee wrongfully discharged for filing an unemployment compensation claim
- the termination in retaliation for seeking unemployment benefits
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Judges: Rowley, Hudock, Cercone
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