Tim's Missouri Employment Law Info Site - TimsLaw.com http://www.timslaw.com Info about job rights, wrongful termination, retaliation, non-competes, and contracts Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:41:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en On Feb 9, 2010, the MO Supreme Court changed the law of “Public Policy” wrongful termination http://www.timslaw.com/mosc-margiotti-pepose-keveney.htm http://www.timslaw.com/mosc-margiotti-pepose-keveney.htm#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:16:00 +0000 admin RETALIATION MISC ALERTS - NEWSEmployee rightsMaking complaintsRetaliationWrongful termination http://www.timslaw.com/mosc-margiotti-pepose-keveney.htm On February 9, 2010 the Mo Supreme Court issued three wrongful termination decisions that substantially change the law of public policy discharge in Missouri

These decisions are good in some ways and horrible in other respects

I will be updating my wrongful termination materials soon

NUTSHELL SUMMARY of these cases ——-

  • In order to have a public policy discharge case, you have to identify a statute or law or regulation that “Specifically Prohibits” the bad act; vague laws won’t suffice. I will analyze this more deeply later. CASE - Margiotti
  • The standard of proof in public policy cases is “Contributing Factor” rather than the absurd “exclusive causal connection”. CASE - Fleshner v. Pepose
  • Employees who have written contracts con bring public policy discharge cases. CASE - Keveney
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