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72 Neb. L. Rev. 956 (1993)
The Public Policy Exception to Employment at Will - When Should Courts Defer to the Legislature

handle is hein.journals/nebklr72 and id is 966 raw text is: Mark A. Fahleson* The Public Policy Exception to Employment at Will-When Should Courts Defer to the Legislature? TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ................................................ 957 II. Employment at Will ....................................... 959 A. History and Background ............................... 959 B. Chipping Away at Employment at Will ................ 960 1. Contract Theories .................................. 961 a. Implied-in-Fact .................................. 961 b. Good Faith and Fair Dealing .................... 962 2. Tort Theories .................................... 963 III. The Public Policy Exception to the At Will Rule .......... 964 A . Generally .............................................. 964 B. Sources of Public Policy ............................... 966 IV. The Interaction Between the Judiciary and Legislature- Who Wins the Tug of War? ................................ 969 A . Conflict ................................................ 969 B. Tenuous Conflict-Reaching to Find Public Policy .... 972 C. Absence of Conflict .................................... 974 V. Suggested Guidelines for Courts ........................... 976 A. Is the employee one of the class for whose especial benefit the policy exists? ............................... 977 B. Is there any indication of implicit or explicit legislative intent to either create or deny a private right of action? ................................................. 977 C. Is it consistent with the underlying purposes of the legislative scheme to imply such a remedy for the plaintiff? ............................................... 979 VI. Conclusion ................................................. 979 Copyright held by the NEBRASKA LAw REVIEW. B.S., J.D., University of Nebraska. Fahieson is an associate with Berens & Tate, P.C., a management-side labor relations and employment law firm located in Omaha, Nebraska.

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