1. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
WRONGFUL TERMINATION
- by SURyA PRIyA, ALTACIT GLObAL

2. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful
termination or wrongful discharge, is
an idiom and legal phrase, describing a
situation in which an employee's contract of
employment has been terminated by the
employer in circumstances where the
termination breaches one or more terms of
the contract of employment, or
a statute provision in employment law.
What is wrongful termination?What is wrongful termination?

3. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Being terminated for any of the items listed
below may constitute wrongful termination.
• DISCRIMINATION
• RETALIATION
• CONSTRUCTIvE DISChARGE

4. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Discrimination
The employer cannot terminate
employment because the employee is
a certain race, nationality, religion,
sex, age, or in some jurisdictions,
sexual orientation.

5. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
The At-will Employment versus
Wrongful Discharge paradox
At-will employees can be fired for “any
reason” except:
– Public Policy
– Implied Contracts
– Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing

6. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
• voluntary and indefinite
for both employees and
employers

7. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
• Promise
• Statement
• Company Policy
• Company’s historical
actions

8. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
In some states, a terminated worker can sue for
wrongful discharge under contract law if he can
show an implied contract for permanent
employment, combined with a termination that
lacked proper cause. For example, some courts
have held that a provision in an employee
handbook providing that termination shall be for
cause served to establish an implied contract,
allowing a suit for wrongful termination. E.g.,
Nicosia v. Wakefern Food Corp., 643 A.2d 554 (N.J.
1994).

9. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
• whistleblower
protection rights are
designed to:
– encourage employees
to halt, report or testify
– about employer acts
that are illegal or
unhealthy,
– without fear of
employer retaliation.

10. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
If basing the claim on a public law, the
plaintiff must show unlawful action such as
illegal discrimination or retribution
for whistleblowing. In Adams v. George W.
Cochran & Co.,597 A.2d 28 (D.C. App. 1991),
for example, the D.C. Court of Appeals
allowed a wrongful discharge claim to
proceed when the employee had been fired
for refusing to break the law.

11. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
• Extraordinary change
• Intolerable working
conditions

12. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Remedies for wrongful dismissal
There are two major remedies for
wrongful dismissal - specific
performance of the contract (which
requires the parties to abide by the
contract) or compensation for loss
and damage.

13. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
When an employee sues for wrongful termination, the damages
available depend on the employee's legal claims.
• Breach of Contract
If an employee has a contract limiting the employer's right to end the
relationship, the employee can sue for breach of contract if the
employer fires the employee in violation of the agreement. For
example, if an employee has a two-year contract stating that the
employee can be fired only for committing a crime, and the employer
fires the employee after only one year for poor performance, the
employee has a breach of contract claim. When an employer loses a
breach of contract lawsuit, it can be ordered to pay what the employee
was entitled to under the contract.

14. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
Discrimination
• An employee who wins a discrimination lawsuit is
entitled to these damages, for most types of
discrimination:
• back pay (for the wages the employee lost)
• front pay (damages for wages lost from the date of
the lawsuit judgment until the date the employee
is reinstated; if the employee can't be reinstated,
these damages might continue until the employee
finds new work)
• the cost of health insurance and other benefits the
employee would have received if still employed

15. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
• court costs and attorney fees
• injunctive relief (a court order requiring the
employer to take or stop taking certain actions,
such as an order to reinstate the employee or stop
using discriminatory criteria for deciding whom to
lay off)
• compensatory damages (for emotional distress and
pain and suffering), and
• punitive damages (to punish the employer for
wrongdoing).

16. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
#1533, Trichy Road,
Coimbatore, India – 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
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