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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed that the State Employees' Retirement Board properly released salary and service history information of PSU employees under the Right to Know Act, rejecting appellants' privacy and confidentiality objections.
What Happened
Pennsylvania State University tried to stop the State Employees' Retirement Board from releasing salary and work history information about PSU employees to the public. Someone had requested this information under Pennsylvania's Right to Know Act, which gives citizens access to government records. PSU argued that releasing this employee information would violate workers' privacy rights and break confidentiality rules.
What the Court Decided
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court sided with the retirement board. The court ruled that the board was right to release the salary and service history information. The court rejected PSU's arguments about privacy and confidentiality, finding that the Right to Know Act properly allowed this information to be made public.
What This Means for Workers
This ruling means that if you work for a public employer in Pennsylvania, your salary and work history information stored with the state retirement system can be released to the public when someone requests it. While this affects privacy, it also supports government transparency. Workers should understand that their compensation information at public institutions may become publicly available through open records requests.
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