Legal Opinion
Appeal of Osram Sylvania, Inc.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided February 27, 1998No. 96-194PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
The petitioner, Osram Sylvania, Inc., appeals a decision of the New Hampshire Department of Labor (NHDOL) that it violated the New Hampshire Whistleblowers’ Protection Act (Whistleblowers’ Act), see RSA ch. 275-E (Supp. 1997), when it discharged the respondent, L. Cletus Kijek, in July 1995 for filing a complaint with the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.
The following facts were adduced at the NHDOL hearing. In the summer of 1995, Kijek was employed at Osram’s production plant in *615Exeter. On more than one…
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