Section 2 General Rule of At-Will Employment

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The general rule in Missouri is that an at-will employee may be discharged at any time, with or without cause. SeeLuethans v. Washington Univ., 894 S.W.2d 169, 172 (Mo. banc 1995); Shawcross v. Pyro Prods., Inc., 916 S.W.2d 342, 343 (Mo. App. E.D. 1995). The employment-at-will doctrine holds that an employer is free to discharge an at-will employee (one without a definite term of employment), for cause or without cause, without incurring liability for wrongful discharge, as long as the employee does not...