Pennsylvania masonry company to pay $135K to plant manager illegally terminated for reporting hazards

York Building Products terminated a plant manager after the employee repeatedly reported air quality and other safety and health hazards to upper management at the company's Middletown, Pa., plant in 2014. In a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor, following OSHA's whistleblower investigation, the company will pay the terminated employee $135,000 in back wages and compensatory damages. "Employers should act promptly and positively when they receive safety complaints from employees," said Oscar L. Hampton III, regional solicitor in Philadelphia. "In this instance, the employer did not, and they are paying the price." 

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