Introduction to wrongful termination

Definition:
In general, wrongful termination refers to an unfair employment discharge. But that is not to say every unfair employment discharge constitutes wrongful termination.

Types of wrongful termination:

In fact, wrongful termination is only part of unfair employment discharge but the most common term among this kind. The following terms are also included in this general term: Wrongful discharge, Wrongful firing, Wrongful dismissal, Illegal discharge, Illegal termination and Illegal dismissal.

In the legal sense, an employer must illegally discharge an employee for the act to constitute wrongful termination. If the discharge is not illegal, it is not likely to be wrongful termination in the legal sense even though it seems very unfair. That is to say, if a manager unfairly discharged an employee in violation of a certain discrimination law, while the discharge was illegal and thus, the manager commit a wrongful termination. In order to have a deep understanding of wrongful termination and have a right judge whether an unfair discharge constitutes wrongful termination, it is very important to know that the if the employment on the assumption of equal and voluntary.