Constructive Discharge
When intolerable conditions—or an unlawful ultimatum—make quitting the only reasonable choice, the law may treat it like a termination.
In plain terms
Sometimes people quit—but only because staying felt impossible. If management knowingly allowed conditions so bad that a reasonable person would feel forced to resign, or if you were pushed out for refusing to do something unlawful, the law may treat your resignation as though you were fired. Courts usually look for a serious pattern or one extreme incident, not everyday rudeness or a single bad day.