Montana law provides for a just cause standard for termination of the employment relationship. In Montana a discharge is wrongful if:
- It was in retaliation for the employee's refusal to violate public policy or for reporting a violation of public policy;
- The discharge was not for good cause and the employee had completed the employer's probationary period of employment; or
- The employer violated the express provisions of its own written personnel policy.
The following article may help you learn more about the just cause standard:
- Roseman, B. D. (2008, September). Just cause in Montana: Did the big sky fall? American Constitution Society for Law and Policy. Retrieved from https://www.acslaw.org/files/Roseman%20Issue%20Brief_0.pdf
Should other states follow Montana and implement a just cause standard for employee termination? Why or why not?