Find a legal form in minutes

Browse US Legal Forms’ largest database of 85k state and industry-specific legal forms.

Popular forms

• Last Will and Testament
• Power of Attorney
• Promissory Note
• LLC Operating Agreement
• Living Will
• Rental Lease Agreement
• Non-Disclosure Agreement

Public Policy Exception Law and Legal Definition

Public policy exception is a rule of exception to the employment-at-will rule. Under this exception, an employer can not fire or discharge an employee if it would violate the doctrine of public policy of a state or a state statute or federal statute.

An employer cannot react against an employee for performing an action in accordance with public policy. An employee is protected from losing his/her job if s/he disobeys an employer by not doing an illegal or immoral act. Thus public policy is recognized as an exception to the at-will rule.

Legal Definition list

• Public Policy Doctrines for the Exclusion of Relevant Evidence
• Public Policy
• Public Place
• Public Participation [Federal Elections]
• Public Order Crime
• Public Policy Exception
• Public Power
• Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act
• Public Records
• Public Relations
• Public Relations Officer

Related Legal Terms

• Abuse of Public Office
• Accident Policy
• Accommodative Monetary Policy
• Acta Publica
• Activist Policy
• Actual Delivery of Insurance Policy
• Ad Vindictam Publicam
• Adjustable Policy
• Administrative Convenience Exception
• Alien’s Exceptional Circumstances