What are the exceptions to at-will employment?
The exceptions to employment-at-will include implied contract, promissory estoppel, breach of covenant of good faith, and violation of public policy. If any of these exceptions are the reason for your termination, you may have a wrongful termination claim. Promissory estoppel prevents employers from making promises without consideration and protects employees who relied on those broken promises. For example, if an employer promises you will be employed for a specified period of time or for a specified purpose, and then breaks that promise by terminating your employment despite all criteria of the promise being met, you may have a wrongful termination claim based on promissory estoppel. To prove the claim, you must prove that your employer made a clear, unambiguous promise on which you reasonably relied, and that you were injured when that promise was broken. This can be difficult to do without the assistance of an attorney experienced in wrongful termination suits. A breach of public p
