Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Baysinger

I have no quarrel with the view that the public policy of this state proscribes retaliatory discharge by an employer because an employee files a workers’ compensation claim. Indeed, that policy is expressly embraced in the act: Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-107 (1987) provides that an employer who willfully discriminates against any employee for claiming benefits is subject to fine and imprisonment. However, since the remedies provided by the legislature for the breach of that policy do not include a cause of action for damages, it is, for reasons I will attempt to demonstrate, beyond the power of…