H.S.S. Vending Distributors v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

COLINS, Judge.

H.S.S. Vending Distributors (HSS Vending) petitions for review of the December 23, 1992 order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) directing HSS Vending to cease and desist from discriminating against employees on the basis of their gender and awarding Helene Kruppa (Kruppa) $13,988.96 in back pay plus interest. We affirm.

HSS Vending hired Kruppa as a secretary on October 7, 1985. Kruppa’s duties included typing, filing, answering the telephone, making appointments, and soliciting customers for HSS Vending’s vending machine business. On January 10, 1986, HSS…