Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person (the first person ) takes a reprisal against another person (the second person ) if:
(a) the first person causes (by act or omission) any detriment to the second person; and
(b) when the act or omission occurs, the first person:
(i) believes or suspects that the second person or any other person made, may have made, proposes to make or could make a disclosure that qualifies for protection under this Part; or
(ii) should have known that the second person or any other person made, may have made, proposes to make or could make a disclosure that qualifies for protection under this Part.
(2) In this Part, detriment includes (without limitation) any of the following:
(a) dismissal of an employee;
(b) injury of an employee in his or her employment;
(c) alteration of an employee's position to his or her detriment;
(d) discrimination between an employee and other employees of the same employer;
(e) harassment or intimidation of a person;
(f) harm or injury to a person, including psychological harm;
(g) damage to a person's property;
(h) damage to a person's reputation.
(3) Despite subsection (1), a person does not take a reprisal against another person to the extent that the person takes administrative action that is reasonable to protect the other person from detriment.