Arizona follows the at-will employment doctrine, which allows employers to terminate employees at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all, provided the termination does not violate specific laws. There are exceptions to this rule, such as terminations that violate anti-discrimination laws or public policy.
Parties can eliminate the defense, by specifically naming frustrating events in the contract—for example, the contract could say that the parties have contemplated and accept the risk of possible law changes, or that they accept the risk of pandemics, or major weather events—things that could constitute frustration of ...
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Arizona civil rights laws, it is illegal to terminate employment based on factors such as race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, pregnancy, or genetic information. Employment contract breaches.
Arizona has some of the most restrictive sentencing laws in the country, with every person who is incarcerated required to serve a minimum 85 percent of his or her sentence— regardless of good behavior. This has resulted in a bloated prison population and massive state prison spending.
23-1501 - Severability of employment relationships; protection from retaliatory discharges; exclusivity of statutory remedies in employment.
Under Arizona law, it is mandatory for employers to secure workers' compensation insurance for their employees. Workers' compensation is a “no fault” system in which an injured employee is entitled to receive benefits for an industrial injury, no matter who caused the job-related accident.
Whistleblower Protection: An employee may not be discharged in retaliation for disclosing that he has information (or a reasonable belief) that the employer has violated, is violating, or will violate an Arizona statute or constitutional provision. To be protected, this disclosure must be made in a reasonable manner.
As mentioned earlier, frustration is a rare remedy in contract law. Since it discharges the contract, it effectively terminates the parties' future obligations. However, it's important to remember that frustration isn't a cure-all solution and not all contractual disputes can be resolved through this doctrine.
What is frustration of contract? A contract is frustrated when it becomes impossible to perform due to a “supervening event” – one that isn't the fault of any of the parties, and that they couldn't reasonably have predicted.
There are a number of circumstances that might be considered Wrongful Termination in California, which may include an employee who is terminated because of discriminatory practices in the workplace, when a company violates public policy in the process of terminating the employee, or when a company's own guidelines for ...