Philadelphia Housing Authority v. American Federation of State , 601 Pa. 313 ( 2009 )


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  • ORDER

    PER CURIAM.

    AND NOW, this 18TH day of May, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to the following issues, rephrased for clarity:

    (1) Whether the Arbitrator’s award violates a clearly articulated public policy, as defined by the public policy exception to the essence test, established by this Court in Westmoreland?

    (2) Whether the Commonwealth Court misapplied the public policy exception by holding that public policy requires severe discipline by an employer in response to sexual harassment, notwithstanding that (a) the employee was disciplined in the form of a verbal warning; (b) the employee abided by the warning and committed no further harassment warranting discipline following the warning; and (c) federal and state regulations, cases, and policies, and the employer’s own policy, do not require that an offending employee be punished, and contemplate that a warning may be a sufficient response to sexual harassment?

Document Info

Docket Number: Appeal No. 558 EAL 2008

Citation Numbers: 601 Pa. 313, 972 A.2d 482

Filed Date: 5/18/2009

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 2/18/2022