The state Supreme Court is considering how far New Jersey’s whistleblower law can reach when an employee alleges retaliation for complaining about conduct that might have violated company policy but was not necessarily illegal.

The court on Wednesday heard arguments in Battaglia v. UPS Inc., A-86/87-11, an appeal from a judgment awarding damages to a United Parcel Service worker demoted and assigned to the night shift after reporting other employees’ improper behavior to his supervisor.

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