g jimmy is an employee of Roofing, Inc., which is performing a contract for the federal government. Jimmy learns that Roofing, Inc. has been overcharging for the work. If he publicly reports the fraud, the Whistle-Blower law may protect him from being fired from his job. With respect to the employment-at-will doctrine, this is Group of answer choices an exception based on a statute. an exception based on public policy. an exception based on contract theory. an example of the doctrine.

The correct answer is the option second option: An exception based on public policy.

Explanation:

To begin with, inside the area of the United States' Law the term of "employment-at-will" refers to a doctrine that allows the employer and employee to work together in an indefinite period of time and let them both being able to terminate the contract without any necessary fair cause. It is an unique U.S.' construct because in the majority of the countries worldwide the government asks for a reason to fire someone or even to stop working for someone. However, there exceptions to the rule that goes against this doctrine, one of them is the case of the exception based on public policy that consider the fact of unable the employer to fired the employee in the cases where the last states a violation to a law and other cases.