With passage of a 1987 statute, Montana became the only state to adopt a “good cause†standard for discharge of employees with contracts of unspecified duration. The new statute was a legislative response to a series of Montana Supreme Court cases, starting in 1980, that gave otherwise...

With passage of a 1987 statute, Montana became the only state to adopt a "good cause" standard for discharge of employees with contracts of unspecified duration. The new statute was a legislative response to a series of Montana Supreme Court cases, starting in 1980, that gave otherwise at-will...