Weiner v. McGraw-Hill, Inc.

*460OPINION OF THE COURT

Fuchsberg, J.

In a matter raising an issue of wide concern to employers and employees, we must decide whether, in the circumstances of this case, the plaintiff, though not engaged for a fixed term of employment, pleaded a good cause of action for breach of contract against his employer because, allegedly, he was discharged without the “just and sufficient cause” or the rehabilitative efforts specified in the employer’s personnel handbook and allegedly promised at the time he accepted the employment.

The operative facts deserve emphasis. Taken most favorably to the plaintiff,…