Topic
Wrongful Termination
838 published works
Achkar Law Blog
A Major Change for Workers Seeking Justice
If you’ve been wrongfully dismissed, denied severance pay, or are owed unpaid wages or bonuses, pursuing legal action in Ontario just got easier.As of October 1, 2025, the Small Claims…
The Indian Lawyer Blog
SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES BACK WAGES NORMS IN WRONGFUL TERMINATION WHEN EMPLOYER FAILS TO PROVE GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT
Introduction The Supreme Court of India in Dinesh Chandra Sharma (Dead) Through LRs v. Bhartiya Paryatan Vikas Nigam Limited & Anr. (Civil Appeal arising out of SLP (C) No. 8180/2020)…
ContractsProf Blog
Friday Frivolity: Goofy Employment Law News Roundup
First, we learn that a 22-year-old Spanish woman was fired from her office job because she insisted on showing up for work early. As Olivia Allhusen reports for MSN.com, the…
Simple Justice
Former FBI Agents Get Pseudonymity
Ka$h Patel’s firing of “disloyal” FBI agents have given rise to a number of potential claims for wrongful discharge, but the former agents suing in Does v. Patel aren’t the…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
UK High Court Awards $5.3 Million for Wrongful Refusal of Discretionary Bonus
In a significant decision for employers, the United Kingdom’s High Court of Justice, King’s Bench Division, has upheld a claim for a discretionary bonus after finding that the employer exercised…
The Employer Handbook Blog
When “I Didn’t Get to Say Goodbye” Becomes a Lawsuit Theory
Sometimes courts resolve complex employment issues. And sometimes they are asked whether an employee suffered legal harm because she didn’t get to say goodbye to coworkers. Buckle up. TL;DR: A…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Oregon Court of Appeals Reinforces Legal Standard for Wrongful Discharge Claims
The Court of Appeals of the State of Oregon recently held in Trumper v. Women’s Healthcare Associates, LLC that an at-will employee could not bring a wrongful discharge claim where…
California Employment Law Update
Employee Was Wrongfully Terminated After Failing Polygraph Test
By Tony Oncidi
McDoniel v. Kavry Mgmt., LLC, 114 Cal. App. 5th 949 (2025) Steven McDoniel was employed by Kavry Management as an “assistant grower” at its licensed marijuana growing facility in Adelanto, California.…
Religion Clause
Prison Chaplain Sues for Wrongful Termination
Suit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a Christian pastor who was terminated from his position as Senior Pastor at Madison Correctional Institution after he…
ContractsProf Blog
FBI Employee Allegedly Fired For Displaying a Gay Pride Flag at Work
I have been writing at the intersection of contracts law and constitutional law for the past few years. See, for example posts here, here, here, here, here, and here. Aside…