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PITTSBURGH – A 911 dispatcher says she was fired in retaliation after reporting a co-worker who fell asleep on the job.
Maureen Beaumont on June 28 accused Allegheny County Emergency Services of retaliation in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas citing the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Act.
The suit states Beaumont, who worked as a 911 dispatcher for the defendant since 2015, filed a report against a fellow dispatcher, Jessica Bayton, in September 2018 over allegations that Bayton regularly fell asleep during her shift. Beaumont alleged she submitted it as a concerned citizen, not as a colleague.
