Town tagged for wrongful discharge
From: North Carolina Employment Law Letter | 05/01/2014
by Richard L. Rainey
by Richard L. Rainey
An at-will employee can be fired for any reason as long as the reason doesn't violate a statute or North Carolina public policy. The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently decided that the firing of a small town police chief violated public policy. As a result, the court upheld a jury award of $100,000. Read More...