Legal Question in Employment Law in California

There are no laws against 'unfair treatment' or poor management. In general, unless an employee is civil service, in a union, or has a written employment contract, they are an 'at will' employee that can be disciplined or fired any time for any reason, with or without �cause�, explanation or notice, other than for illegal discrimination, harassment or retaliation under the ADA disability, Civil Rights [age, race, sex, ethnic, religion, pregnancy, etc], Whistle-blower, or similar statutes. The employee's goal should be to keep the employer happy and make the company money. That�s how they pay your wages. That it was not 'possible' for you to achieve their desired goal doesn't make the firing illegal.

The short version of Mr. Nelson's correct answer is that there is no law against unfair firing, only against discrimination or certain forms of retaliation based on specific statutes. The only place where the fairness of a firing comes into play is if the employer contests an unemployment claim. They can only fire you "for cause" and thereby avoid a UI claim, if the cause was objectively reasonable "just cause." Unfair firing will not avoid the employer having to pay for the UI.