§ 1.2.9 CONCLUSION.

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

§ 1.2.9 Conclusion. By the end of 1989, Wood's at-will rule, to coin a pun, looked like worm-Wood; it was full of holes and the exceptions had practically devoured the rule. The state legislature and the executive branch have been sympathetic to business concerns and to the growing political viewpoint of anti-union and anti-public-employee interest groups, such as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and other employers' groups in the last two decades have lobbied extensively to legislate employment protections out of existence (along with attempts to amend the constitutional damages clauses). Significant inroads...