Sabatini and Associates, LLC Attorneys at Law :: Newington :: Hartford :: Connecticut

The Connecticut Appellate Court today unofficially released a Per Curium decision that affirms the general principle that a contract for an indefinite term is a contract for at-will employment, even in the apparent absence of express terms. In Ward v. Distinctive Directories, Inc., (officially released on October 23, 2007), the Appellate Court affirmed this general principle. Under most circumstances in order for an employee to successfully claim that he had an enforceable contract of employment, the contract must include a definite term of time as to when the contract will expire – i.e. employment term of 1 year, 5 years, etc. Without this, under most circumstances, the employee will be an at-will employee.