Legal Opinion
Villarin v. Rabbi Haskel Lookstein School
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 12, 2012PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Renwick, J.
In New York, pursuant to the well-established common-law doctrine of employment at will, an employee-employer relationship, in the absence of a contract and a stated duration, is presumed to be a hiring at-will. An at-will employment relationship may be freely terminated by either party for any reason or even no reason at all (Wieder v Skala, 80 NY2d 628, 633 [1992]). In the 1980s, however, New York, like the vast majority of jurisdictions, enacted public policy whistleblower exceptions for both private and public employees. At-will whistleblowing employees in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Leon v. MartinezNew York Court of Appeals · 1994
- Guggenheimer v. GinzburgNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Wieder v. SkalaNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- Leibowitz v. Bank Leumi Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Mark G. v. SabolNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
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