Fraud/misrepresentation can be another exception to the rule of at-will employment that will allow an employee to sue an employer for wrongful termination. To prove a fraud case against an employer, an employee needs to show that: The employer misrepresented facts to the employee (either by lying outright or by concealing or failing to disclose important information); The employer knew that s/he was making a misrepresentation; The employer misrepresented facts in order to persuade the employee to take a particular action; The employee relied on the misrepresentations; and The employee suffered damages as a result.