2400. Breach of Employment Contract?Unspecified Term??At-Will? Presumption Instruction No 1 Request by Plaintiff Request by Defendant Requested by Given as Proposed Given as Modified Given on Court?s Motion Refused Withdrawn Judge Instruction No 1 An employment relationship may be ended by either the employer or the employee, at any time, for any [lawful] reason, or for no reason at all. This is called ?at-will employment.? An employment relationship is not ?at-will? if the employee proves that the parties, by words or conduct, agreed that the employee would be discharged only for good cause. New September 2003; Revised June 2006