This story has been updated to add a comment from Corey Kaiser's attorney.
A former Quincy Township employee who sued the township in 2022, claiming he was fired in retaliation for informing police about alleged fraud, will return to his job and receive a hefty payment from the township as part of a settlement.
Quincy Township will pay plaintiff Corey Kaiser $425,000, according to the settlement agreement dated Oct. 21.
The agreement stipulates that Kaiser will return to his role of road foreman on Dec. 22 with pay of $32.50 an hour.
"Employment will be reinstated as if (Kaiser) was never terminated," the agreement states. "(Kaiser's) employment start date will be deemed to be May 1, 2007."
"Mr. Kaiser is pleased to put this matter to rest and reassume the position he was wrongfully terminated from several years ago," Kaiser's attorney, Stephen Kulla, wrote in an email. "Mr. Kaiser has now been properly compensated for action that should never have been taken in the first place, and evidenced by the financial terms of settlement."
Kaiser, of Waynesboro, accused Quincy Township of violating Pennsylvania's Whistleblower Law by discriminating against him in the workplace and, ultimately, firing him, according to the complaint that was filed in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
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