at-will presumption in Maryland

2013This Court has said that the length of an employment period may be delineated by “a particular time or event terminating the employment relationship.” Shapiro, 105 Md.App. at 754 , 661 A.2d 202 (citing Staggs v. Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc., 61 Md.App. 381, 388 , 486 A.2d 798 (1985)).

2013This Court has said that the length of an employment period may be delineated by “a particular time or event terminating the employment relationship.” Shapiro, 105 Md.App. at 754 , 661 A.2d 202 (citing Staggs v. Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc., 61 Md.App. 381, 388 , 486 A.2d 798 (1985)).

2004In Adler, supra, 291 Md. 31 , 432 A.2d 464 , the Court of Appeals recognized the common law tort of wrongful discharge, constituting in this State the first judicially created exception to the at-will doctrine.

2004In Adler, supra, 291 Md. 31 , 432 A.2d 464 , the Court of Appeals recognized the common law tort of wrongful discharge, constituting in this State the first judicially created exception to the at-will doctrine.

2015The employee asked the court to “hold that Pennsylvania’s public policy exception to the at-will doctrine extends to cases in which an employee ‘reasonably believes’ that his employer has requested him to perform an unlawful act and is discharged for objecting to the proposal he believes is unlawful.” Id.

2013The Court of Appeals has stated that (1) “a provision that permits termination only for cause,” 18 or (2) “a contractual delineation of the length of the employment period,” 19 Towson Univ., 384 Md. at 80 , 862 A.2d 941 , will overcome the “heavy burden” of the at-will presumption, Mazaroff & Horn, Maryland Employment Law, § 3.02[1] (2d ed.2012), and “will create a [for-]cause employment relationship.... ” Towson Univ., 384 Md. at 80 , 862 A.2d 941 .

2013The Court of Appeals has stated that (1) “a provision that permits termination only for cause,” 18 or (2) “a contractual delineation of the length of the employment period,” 19 Towson Univ., 384 Md. at 80 , 862 A.2d 941 , will overcome the “heavy burden” of the at-will presumption, Mazaroff & Horn, Maryland Employment Law, § 3.02[1] (2d ed.2012), and “will create a [for-]cause employment relationship.... ” Towson Univ., 384 Md. at 80 , 862 A.2d 941 .

2013This Court has said that the length of an employment period may be delineated by “a particular time or event terminating the employment relationship.” Shapiro, 105 Md.App. at 754 , 661 A.2d 202 (citing Staggs v. Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc., 61 Md.App. 381, 388 , 486 A.2d 798 (1985)).

2013This Court has said that the length of an employment period may be delineated by “a particular time or event terminating the employment relationship.” Shapiro, 105 Md.App. at 754 , 661 A.2d 202 (citing Staggs v. Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc., 61 Md.App. 381, 388 , 486 A.2d 798 (1985)).

2010Id.