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It is typically illegal for an employer to terminate an employee for filing a workers comp claim.

If the employer terminates or requests the employee to resign for other legitimate reasons, that would not normally be a violation of law. However, the burden would normally be on the employer to prove they would have terminated the employee (or asked them to resign) even if the employee had not filed a workers comp claim.


Here is a link that provides more information (see "at will employment" heading):

http://www.lawforchange.org/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=3090

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