{"data":{"id":"us-mt/39-2-606","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"39-2-606","heading":"When servant may be discharged.","body":"A master may discharge any servant, other than an apprentice, whether engaged for a fixed term or not:\n(1) if the servant is guilty of misconduct in the course of the servant's service or of gross immorality, though unconnected with the service; or\n(2) if, being employed about the person of the master or in a confidential position, the master discovers that the servant has been guilty of misconduct before or after the commencement of service of a nature that, if the master had known or contemplated it, the master would not have employed the servant.","path":["TITLE 39. LABOR","CHAPTER 2. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP","Part 6. Master and Servant"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0390/chapter_0020/part_0060/section_0060/0390-0020-0060-0060.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:24Z","sha256":"be0c6342a54e8ab32204fc32f7115ba0064a71779cc7b5e812fe33ed1a630a8c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/39-2-605","next":"us-mt/39-2-701"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}