The following excerpt is from Lopez v. Smiths Detection, Inc., Case No.: 20-CV-1453 JLS (WVG) (S.D. Cal. 2021):
policy against an employer's retaliation for its employee having asserted a right to be free from the employer's withholding of pay, as alleged to have occurred in this case? We conclude there is such a fundamental public policy."); Wood v. Igate Techs., Inc., No. 3:15-CV-00799 JSW, 2015 WL 13345325, at *5 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2015) ("California cases have recognized that wrongful termination in contravention of public policy occurs when the employee is terminated for reporting to the employer about existing unlawful conduct.").
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