of pleading and proving that the employee’s dismissal occurred for a reason that violates public policy. Considine v. Compass Group U.S.A., Inc., 145 N.C.App. 314, 317, 551 S.E.2d 179, 181 (2001). In the instant case, Plaintiff identifies “[t]he right to work [as] one of the most significant concerns in this State, as well as this Nation.” (CompU 52.) Plaintiff contends that “[t]he improper actions by this Defendant in summarily discharging the Plaintiff, impact[ ] on, and violate[ ] this public policy.” (Comply 52.) Plaintiffs complaint fails to cite any specific North Carolina public policy expressed in an explicit statutory or constitutional provision as a basis for his wrongful discharge claim. Cf. Considine v. Compass Group U.S.A., Inc., 145 N.C.App. 314, 551 S.E.2d 179 (2001) (<HOLDING>). As a result, Plaintiff has not provided
holding north carolina felony firearms act did not violate the ex post facto clause because it was a measured public safety provision and its applicability to previously convicted felons was eminently reasonable holding that firing an employee for refusing to work for less than the statutory minimum wage violated north carolina public policy holding that the plaintiffs complaint failed to state a claim for purposeful and unlawful discrimination holding that plaintiff failed to state a claim for wrongful discharge where plaintiffs complaint alleged merely that defendants actions as set out herein violate the public policies of north carolina and are thus unlawful and did not identify any specified north carolina public policy that defendant violated by discharging plaintiff recognizing tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy