What Constitutes Illegal Employer Retaliation?
“Constructive discharge” is a legal term used to refer to a certain type of employer retaliation. Instead of firing the employee — which the employer may fear would look too “obvious” — the employer makes the employee’s working conditions so unbearable that he is forced to quit. Even though the employer does not expressly fire the employee, constructive discharge is no less illegal than any other type of employer retaliation or wrongful termination.
