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Termination of employment ― "whistleblowing" HEADNOTES Facts A newly hired police officer who was in probationary status discovered that a man sentenced to 10 days in jail for violating a no longer valid vagrancy law, remained in jail 21 days after his arrest. The officer had the man taken before a local magistrate who initially sentenced him to 90 days but suspended sentence upon the officer pointing out the invalidity of the vagrancy law, the man's previous sentence, and the length of imprisonment already served. This incident was called to the attention of the Chief of Police who told the probationary officer he did not like being told how to run his department. Shortly thereafter the police officer's employment was terminated as being "not in the best interest of the City". The officer sued the city, among other grounds, on the theory that he had been wrongfully discharged. The trial court summarily dismissed the suit. Decision Summary judgment against the police officer was improper because at trial he may be able to prove that his "at will'" employment was contractually modified by the city's personnel manual and personnel rules and that his dismissal violated the provisions of that
International Labour Law Reports Online – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1985
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