{"id":13419,"date":"2023-09-29T11:38:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/?page_id=13419"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:42:04","slug":"whistleblowerprotections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/whistleblowerprotections\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblower Protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row gap=&#8221;10&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; gap=&#8221;10&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Whistleblower Protections<\/h2>\n<p>Board policies prohibit retaliation by the District against any person for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>making a complaint to the District in good faith;<\/li>\n<li>testifying, assisting, or participating in a District investigation, process, or other proceeding or hearing; or<\/li>\n<li>reporting practices the person reasonably believes to be discriminatory, violative of Board policy, or illegal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The District, its employees, and others are prohibited from intimidating, threatening, coercing, or discriminating against anyone for actions described above. Individuals are encouraged to contact the Office of Employee and Labor Relations immediately if retaliation is believed to have occurred.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information about relevant \u201cWhistleblower\u201d laws, like Pennsylvania\u2019s Whistleblower Law please speak with an attorney.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information about the District\u2019s whistleblower protections, please see the below relevant District policies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/policies\/\">Policy 103: Nondiscrimination in School and Classroom Practices<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/policies\/\">Policy 300: Employee Code of Ethics<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/policies\/\">Policy 317: Employee Conduct and Reporting Requirements<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/policies\/\">Policy 828: Suspected Financial Misconduct and Dishonesty<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/policies\/\">Policy 1200: Office of Inspector General<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DISCLAIMER: The District cannot provide legal advice and specific questions about the applicability of the Whistleblower Law to any particular complaint should be directed to a properly licensed attorney.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row gap=&#8221;10&#8243; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; gap=&#8221;10&#8243;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text] Whistleblower Protections Board policies prohibit retaliation by the District against any person for: making a complaint to the District in good faith; testifying, assisting, or participating in a District investigation, process, or other proceeding or hearing; or reporting practices the person reasonably believes to be discriminatory, violative&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button minimal\"><a class=\"learnmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/whistleblowerprotections\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5081,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"office-home-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5081"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13433,"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13419\/revisions\/13433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philasd.org\/schoolboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}