What are the exceptions to employment-at-will?
• Discrimination laws • Whistle blower laws • Concerted Activity • Union members • An Employment Contract • Government employees • Other laws: • Wage and Hour laws • Workers’ Compensation • What is the first thing you should do if you get hurt on the job? Discrimination • Race • Age, 40 and over • National Origin • Religion • Sex • Sexual Orientation • Disability (mental or physical) • Color • Gender Identity WHISTLE BLOWER PROTECTION You cannot be fired, threatened, or otherwise retaliated against for reporting a violation or suspected violation of a law to a government agency or to your employer, or for refusing to do something that is illegal. (Enforcement of this right requires private legal action.) Concerted Activity • 2 or more employees acting together to improve wages, hours or working conditions are protected from retaliation. • Union employees are protected by their contracts which generally say or imply that an employer must have “just cause” for discipline and spell out ot
