81 Tenn. 507 (1884)
H. G. Wood, Master and Servant (2nd edition), section 134 (1886)
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200 U.S. 161 (1908)
236 U.S. 1 (1915)
301 U.S. 1 (1937)
301 U.S. 103 (1937)
29 U.S.C. sections 215(a)(3), 216(b)
29 U.S.C. section 660(c)
Title Vii, 42 U.S.C. sections 2000e, et. seq.
29 U.S.C. sections 621-634
P.L. 101-336
Michigan Eiliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act of 1977, MCL 37.2101 et seq. Michigan Handicappers' Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.1101 et seq. Payment of Wages and Fringe Benefits, MCL 408.472 et seq. Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right to Know Act, MCL 423.501 et seq. Polygraph Protection Act of 1981, MCL 37.202 et seq. The Whistleblowers' Protection Act, MCL 15.361 et seq.
174 Cal.App. 2d 184, 344 P.2d 25 (1959)
81 Mich.App. 489,265 N.W.2d 385 (1978)
27 Cal.3d 167, 610 P.2d 1330, 164 Cal.Rptr. 839 (1980)
740 F.2d 739 (1982)
179 Conn. 471, 427 A.2d 385 (1980)
272 Or. 210, 536 P.2d 512 (1975)
85 111.2d 124, 421 N.E.2d 876 (1981)
535 F.Supp. 564 (E.D.N.Y. 1982)
260 Ind. 249, 297 N.E.2d 425 (1973)
114 N.H. 130, 316 A.2d 549 (1974)
373 Mass. 96, 364 N.E.2d 1251 (1977)
99 N.J. 284, 491 A.2d 1257 (1985)
115 111.2d 482, 505 N.E.2d 314 (1987)
116 Cal.App.3d 311, 171 Cal.Rptr. 917 (1981)
408 Mich. 579, 292 N.W.2d 880 (1980)
The Michigan Supreme Court quoting Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, 222 N.Y. 88, 118 N.E. 214 (1917)
164 Mich.App. 543, 417 N.W.2d 496 (1987)
102 Mich.App. 606, 302 N.W.2d 307 (1981)
432 Mich. 438, 443 N.W.2d 112 (1989)
432 Mich. 472, 444 N.W.2d 114 (1989)
106 Mich.App. 471, 308 N.W.2d 459 (1981)
See, for example, Reid v. Sears. Roebuck & Co., 790 F.2d 453 (6th. Cir. 1986); Pratt v. Brown Machine Co., 855 F.2d 1225 (6th Cir. 1988); Dell v. Montgomery Ward & Co., 811 F.2d 970 (6th Cir. 1987); Novosel v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 495 F.Supp. 344 (E.D.Mich. 1980)
427 Mich. 415, 398 N.W.2d 327 (1986)
131 Mich.App. 185. 347 N.W.2d 184 (1983)
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Summers, Individual Protection Against Unjust Dismissal: Time for a Statute, 62 Virginia L. R. 481 (1976)
Montana Code Ann. Sections 39-2-901 et seq. (1987)
Meech v. Hillhaven West, Inc., 776 P.2d 488 (1989); Johnson v. Montana, 776 P.2d 1221 (1989)
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Newsweek, "The Revenge of the Fired", Feb. 16, 1987
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Dertouzos, Holland and Ebener, The Legal and Economic Consequences of Wrongful Termination, Rand, The Institute for Civil Justice (1988)
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Hill, supra, footnote 3
Wall Street Journal, April 20, 1983
For a complete discussion of employment law in Ontario, see A Guide to Employment Law by John Sproat (published by Carswell, 1990)
Harrison, The "New" Terminable-at-Will Employment Contract: An Interest and Cost Incidence Analysis, 69 Iowa L. R. 327 (1984)
Id.
Epstein, In Defense of the Contract at Will, 51 University of Chicago L. R. 327 (1984) 62.
Brake, Limiting the Right to Terminate at Will — Have the Courts Forgotten the Employer?, 35 Vanderbilt L. R. 201 (1982)
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News, "Most Occupational Changes are Voluntary", United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (1987); Markey and Parks 11, Occupational Change: Pursuing a Different Kind of Work, Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 112, No. 9 (1989)
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Larson, Why We Should Not Abandon the Presumption that Employment is Terminable At-Will, 23 Idaho L. R. 219 (1986-87)