Risk In Employment Relationship
...LAW
MR. JAMES E. RAMBEAU, Esq.
November 3, 2008
Risk in the Employment Relationship
Legal Encounter 1:
NewCorps.’Liability
In situation in legal encounter 1, I do see a liability on the part of Newcorp.
Many States consider policy manuals and similar documents to be
enforceable, implied contracts for both employers and employees.
Based on the Personnel Manual provided to Pat, the “Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance/ Corrective Action Plan: stated that if the job performance of an employee is unsatisfactory, the employee will be notified of the deficiency and placed on Corrective Action Plan (CAP). If the employee performance does not improve to a satisfactory level within the specified period of time, termination will follow”. In this case we are never told that Pat went through the above provision before he was given a discharged notice. Many courts have implied the existence of a contract because of the presence of promises, procedures, and policies in an employee manual .Personnel manuals have been held to constitute, both expressly and impliedly, employee contracts or become part of the employee contracts when they are given to employees at the outset. In this situation, Pat might have a case against NewCorp.
NewCorps’Rights
Pat acknowledge that upon employment, he signed an understanding that the company observed “employment at will” which means that at -will employee can be fired at any time, and for any reason. If the employer decides to let you go, that’s the end of your job and you have very limited legal right to fight your termination.
Pat’s Liability
Pat is aware of the term “ employment at will” when he signed the employment contract but he assumed the implied term in the Personnel Manual will absorbed him from the “ at will” situation, So I will...
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