The act authorizes discharge of an employee by an employer only under limited enumerated circumstances; provides that employees discharged for reasons other than those enumerated to be wrongfully discharged; authorizes the commissioner to adopt additional grounds for discharge of an employee as long as they are not inconsistent with current enumerated grounds; establishes a wrongful discharge compliant process and hearing for which an employee may, within 30 days of discharge, file a complaint to the commissioner; requires that upon a wrongful discharge finding by the commissioner the employer shall be reinstated with back pay; authorizes the commissioner to request the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands to enforce any order issued; establishes evidentiary standards for determining finding of fact on appeal; and authorizes a wrongfully discharged employee to bring an action for compensatory and punitive damages.