Question

Last month, Tenisha, who works at an oil refinery, sent a letter to OSHA reporting that refinery management was not investigating the causes of dangerous chemical leaks in one of their plants. OSHA, in turn, sent an investigator to the plant. After the investigator’s visit, Tenisha was fired. Her boss told her that it was simply a case of employment at will and that the company did not have to provide her with a reason for firing her. Which exception to employment at will was the company breaking?

A) Statutory exception

B) Implied contract exception

C) Public policy exception

D) Good-faith and fair-dealing exception

Answer 1

Public policy exception

Is the exception to employment at will that the company was violating

Public policy exception defines certain guidelines to execute employment at will by the employers . Employers are prohibited from firing for the following reasons

1. People who have claimed for workers compensation.

2. People who report legal transgressions or activities that are against the law done by the employer.

3. People refuse to do some kind of violence certain at job as instructed by the employer.

Here in this given case

The act goes against law and do not concern got the protection and safety of the workers