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· 9/27/1995

Raykovitz v. K Mart Corp.

Citations

  • 665 A.2d 833
  • 445 Pa. Super. 378
  • 1995 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3012

How courts have described this case

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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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