CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 2400
Breach of Employment Contract—Unspecified Term—“At-
Will” Presumption
An employment relationship may be ended by either the employer or the
employee, at any time, for any [lawful] reason, or for no reason at all.
This is called “at-will employment.”
An employment relationship is not “at will” if the employee proves that
the parties, by words or conduct, agreed that [specify the nature of the
alleged agreement, e.g., the employee would be discharged only for good
cause].
New September 2003; Revised June 2006, November 2018
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2022
- Content hash
8640d77e6bd9538d15d575444454cc59818adf247ceae142b471575f5b6d1428
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