The payment of money damages, rather than reinstatement, is the prevailing remedy in non-union wrongful termination cases, and also in industrialized democracies other than North America. Professor Rehmus observes that reinstatement was established as the appropriate remedy in the 1940’s; that today’s statutory and legal framework is much different; and that, where there is a …

Even in the most enlightened American jurisdictions, unorganized private employers need make no positive showing of cause before ridding themselves of an unwanted employee. There are signs [in the 1980’s] of interest by both courts and legislatures in broader protections for employees’ job interests. Professor St. Antoine surveys the existing body of law, foreign and …