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Prohibitive Policy: Implementing The Federal Endangered Species Act, Michigan Law Review
Prohibitive Policy: Implementing The Federal Endangered Species Act, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Prohibitive Policy: Implementing the Federal Endangered Species Act by Steven Yaffee
Employment-At-Will Doctrine: Providing A Public Policy Exception To Improve Worker Safety, Daniel T. Schibley
Employment-At-Will Doctrine: Providing A Public Policy Exception To Improve Worker Safety, Daniel T. Schibley
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Occupational safety would be greatly enhanced if employees had a viable option of refusing to work under unsafe conditions without risking their jobs. This Note proposes a public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine that would give a cause of action to an employee discharged for refusing to work under unsafe conditions. Part I examines the employment-at-will rule and its recognized exceptions. Part II analyzes the inadequacies of existing statutory remedies for a discharged employee who refused to work under unsafe conditions. Finally, Part III proposes an alternative remedy: providing a common-law exception to the employment-at-will rule that will give …