Workplace safety involves regulations designed to protect working conditions and eliminate personal injuries and illnesses from occurring in the workplace. Workplace safety regulations/laws consist primarily of federal and state statutes.
Wrongful constructive discharge is a form of wrongful termination where, instead of directly firing the employee, the employer creates working conditions so intolerable that the employee is effectively forced to resign.
See wrongful termination.
[Last reviewed in July of 2024 by the Wex Definitions Team]
Wrongful termination is a terminated employee's claim that the firing breached an employment contract or public policy.
Wrongful discharge in violation of public policy (WDVPP) refers to a situation in which an employee is fired for reasons that oppose public policy interests. Such interests included protecting the individual’s rights or the general well-being of the community.
A yellow dog contract is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees not to join or remain a member of a labor union as a condition of employment.
Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer 343 U.S. 579 (1952) was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court had to decide on the applicability of the President's national security powers to seize private property. President Truman had ordered the Secretary of Commerce to take possession of and operate the mills in order to maintain steel production during the Korean War.
