Borschel v. City of Perry

ANDREASEN, Justice.

As a general rule an at-will employee may be discharged at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all. French v. Foods, Inc., 495 N.W.2d 768, 769 (Iowa 1993). We have recognized two exceptions to this rule. First, where the discharge is in clear, violation of a “well-recognized and defined public policy of this state.” Id. at 770 (quoting Springer v. Weeks & Leo Co., 429 N.W.2d 558, 560 (Iowa 1988)); see also Springer v. Weeks & Leo Co., 475 N.W.2d 630, 633 (Iowa 1991) (the discharge of an employee for filing a workers’ compensation claim is a retaliatory or wrongful…