Legal Consideration Affecting Job Protection

$\backslash$table$[[$Answer$,$Rights,Example or Description$],[grad,$Employment$-$at$-$will doctrine,$\backslash$table$[[$A$.$ These cases usually involve an assumption of an implied or explicit contract$],[$on the part of the employee and an assumption of employment$-$at$-$will on the$],[$part of the employer.$]]],[grad,$Wrongful discharge,$\backslash$table$[[$B$.$ Cassidy, an investigative journalist, is transferred to the department$],[$responsible for writing daily obituaries and updating sports scores. She quits her$],[$job in dismay.$]]],[grad,$Whistle$-$blowers,C$.$ Acme Company lays off $25$ employees, but gives no reason for the layoffs.$],[grad,$Implied contracts,$\backslash$table$[[$D$.$ A Boeing employee claims the aircraft company charged the Department of$],[$Defense for new parts when it planned to use recycled parts in its drone$],[$manufacturing for the U$.$S$.$ Navy.$]]],[grad,$Explicit contracts,$\backslash$table$[[$E$.$ Congress passed the Worker's Adjustment Retraining and Notification $($WARN$)],[$Act to address this issue.$]]],[grad,$Constructive discharge,$\backslash$table$[[$F$.$ Last week, Nikki's manager blew up and yelled, "What do you mean you filed$],[$a complaint with the EEOC! I've always treated your people well! Now get out of$],[$the office and don't come back!" $($Hint: This sounds like wrongful discharge, but$],[$it$\text{'}$s not. Go for the term that describes this exact situation.$)]]],[grad,$Retaliation discharge,$\backslash$table$[[$G$.$ Cornerback Chidobe Awuzie signs a three$-$year, $$2\mathrm{.}75$ million agreement with$],[$the Cincinnati Bengals.$]]],[grad,$Plant closing,$\backslash$table$[[$H$.$ During an interview, Mr$.$ Lee said to Maggle, $"$Oh$,$ you can't get fired from this$],[$company$.$ I've worked here for $20$ years and no one's ever been fired in that$],[$time$."]]]]$