Many employees tell us that they have been subjected to wrongful termination. You know that you have not been treated fairly, and you want to do something about it. But not every wrongful termination is illegal. The employer may have acted unfairly, arbitrarily or even immorally, but employment law in New York State and New York City may not be a help. That is because of the employment-at-will doctrine. The employer can treat its employees badly, so long it acts badly in ways that come within the employment-at-will doctrine. The major exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine are statutory exceptions, such as age discrimination, race discrimination, sex discrimination, national origin discrimination, gender discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination.

Contact us online or call us at (212) 949-1001 so that we can review whether your employer's wrongful actions are covered by the employment-at-will doctrine.