Identifying the Facts and Issues

Employment at will

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give employers broad discretion to hire and fire their employees and

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employers to give an employee sufficient notice before the employee is discharged. The most common exception to the employment at will doctrine is the exception based upon

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$.$ The public policy exception

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apply to an employee discharged for whistleblowing.

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Abbie

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speak about illegal activities by her employer. Abbie

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report her findings of illegal overbilling to government authorities, upper$-$level managers, or the media. Abbie

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a whistleblower under the law because she

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BuildingCo

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legally fire Abbie in this case.

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What If the Facts Were Different?

Assume now that Abbie reported her findings to the local television news. Abbie

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met the legal requirement of a whistleblower because she

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The fact that Abbie is an employee at will

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impact the legality of the decision. Abbie can seek redress based on grounds of

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$.$ BuildingCo executives should have

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when they learned of the overbilling from Abbie.