What is the test for wrongful termination of an employee who refused to violate either a statute or an administrative regulation?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Nosal-Tabor v. Sharp Chula Vista Med. Ctr., 191 Cal.Rptr.3d 651, 239 Cal.App.4th 1224 (Cal. App. 2015):

terminated the plaintiff's employment, (3) the termination was substantially motivated by a violation of public policy, and (4) the discharge caused the plaintiff harm. (Yau v. Allen (2014) 229 Cal.App.4th 144, 154, 176 Cal.Rptr.3d 824.) It is well established that a termination premised on an employee's refusal to violate either a statute or an administrative regulation may support a claim for wrongful termination in violation of public policy. (See

[191 Cal.Rptr.3d 660]

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