Employee may pursue whistleblower suit

An employee of the Zionist Organization of America, a New York not-for-profit corporation, may pursue a claim under the New York statute requiring certain nonprofits to adopt and implement a whistleblower protection law.  An appellate court in New York has reversed a trial court decision dismissing the whistleblower claim because the employer failed to refute the plaintiff’s allegation that he was an employee of the corporation.