Marriott just fired an employee because she's a Democrat

[1StrongBlackMan]

37. Not exactly ...

Since the 1980s, the Courts have expanded the protections.

As a result, a greater number of discharged workers brought suits alleging Wrongful Discharge from employment. By the 1980s, as concepts of job security expanded, employees became increasingly successful in such suits. In 1987, California juries ruled in favor of the employees in over two-thirds of such cases and granted an average award of $1.5 million. In some successful cases, the courts have created exceptions to the employment-at-will practice. Thus far, these exceptions have fallen into three broad categories: (1) breach of contract by the employer, (2) breach of an implied Covenant of Good Faith and fair dealing, and (3) violation of public policy by the employer. Employers and legislatures have responded in a variety of ways.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Employment+at+Will

I realize using a lay-person's online dictionary is lazy; so, here:

Smith v. Smithway Motor Xpress, 464 N.W.2d 682,685 (Iowa 1991) (retaliatory discharge for
pursuing Workers' Compensation claim); Collierv. Superior Court, 228 Cal. App. 3d 1117,1118,279 Cal.
Rptr. 453, 454 (Cal. App. 1991) (employee discharged for disclosing suspicions of criminal conduct to
management); Hopkins v. Tip Top Plumbing and Heating Co., 805 S.W.2d 280, 286 (Mo. Ct. App. 1991)
(discriminatory discharge under Workers' Compensation law); Hartlein v. Ill. Power Co., 209 111. App. 3d
948, 953, 568 N.E.2d 520, 524 (111. App. Ct. 1991) (discharge for exercising Workers' Compensation
rights); Greeley v. Miami Valley Maintenance Contractors, 49 Ohio St. 3d 228, 235, 551 N.E.2d 981, 987
(1990) (employee discharged as a result of court order which required employer to withhold child support
payments through wage assignments); Travis v. Gary Community Mental Health Center, 921 F.2d 108,112
(7th Cir. 1990), cert. denied, 111 S. Ct. 2803 (1991) (retaliatory discharge regarded as intentional tort);
Burk v. K-Mart Corp., 770 P.2d 24, 28 (Okla. Sup. Ct. 1989) ("An employer's termination of an at-will
employee in contravention of a clear mandate of public policy is a tortious breach of contractual
obligations.&quot

(WestLaw is a beautiful thing.)

BTW, here is a good Law Review Article on the subject:

https://www.uakron.edu/dotAsset/3e75bae0-d19b-4731-903a-f353dfb628c6.pdf