If an employment contract provides that an employee can be fired only for "good cause" or "just cause," a lesser standard for discharge such as the employment-at-will doctrine will not be allowed by a court.

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If an employment contract includes a "good cause" or "just cause" provision, it supersedes the default employment-at-will doctrine, which allows employers to terminate employees for any reason or no reason at all. Courts will enforce these contract provisions and hold employers to the higher standard of demonstrating "good cause" or "just cause" for firing an employee.

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