implied contract employment

• At-Will Employment Takes Another Hit In New Jersey As Maternity Leave Policy Gives Birth To Implied Employment Contract

In Lapidoth v. Telcordia Technologies, Inc., the Appellate Division of New Jersey's Superior Court concluded that, although an employee's year-long ma...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Steadman v. Sterilite Corp., (Ohio 2010)

Implied Contract, Employment Discrimination, Promissory Estoppel, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• McNeil v. Medcentral Health Sys., (Ohio 2009)

Termination of employment - implied contract promissory estoppel

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Beware of Hiring's Minefields ; Clear, Unbiased Search Will Avoid Legal Jams

So you have decided to hire your first employee. Your task now is to focus on finding the best person for the job, and doing it in such a way as to guarantee the person showing up will at least be qualified, if not the perfect person for the position. Oh, yes, and to make sure you don't get sued by someone you turn down. Here's how to make this a positive experience. Get legal. Start by checking with your state Employment Division. If you live in an at-will state, you usually do not need to have employment policies. At-will state law usually permits you to fire employees at your discretion for any non-discriminatory reason. But be careful; there are exceptions, such as breach of implied contract, public policy violations, reliance on an offer of employment and intentional infliction of ...

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• May 02, 2005

• Wissler v. Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Servs., (Ohio 2010)

Judgment in favor of ODJFS on wrongful discharge in violation of public policy and breach of contract claims was not error. Appellant failed to demonstrate ODJFS lacked an overriding legitimate business justification for her dismissal. Performance management plan and document extending initial probationary period did not modify appellant's at-will employment nor create an implied in fact contract. At-will employment can be terminated at any point during a period of probationary employment, pursuant to R.C. 124.27.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Managing Identity: Buying Into the Brand at Work

Employment has shifted from a relatively stable and secure relation in which shareholders bore the risks associated with the market and firms buffered the risks vis-à-vis workers to a dynamic relation characterized by employment insecurity and individual responsibility. Modern businesses face new management challenges stemming from decreased employee loyalty and difficulties in supervising and controlling the workforce. Firms have responded by implementing internal branding programs that parallel consumer marketing programs but target workers rather than consumers. The goal of such programs is to re-align employees’ self-interest with that of the firm, persuading employees to internalize the firm’s brand so that they “live the brand” and react instinctively “on-brand.” Identity-based br...

... the formation of psychological contracts and the realignment of employees’ identities wit... workers form, either through enforcing implied contracts at common law or by strengthening employ...

• Iowa Law Review
• Nbr. 95-4, May 2010

• Galgoczy v. Chagrin Falls Auto Parts, inc., (Ohio 2010)

Summary judgment; employment at-will; implied contract; promissory estoppel; reasonable reliance; disclaimer

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Gaming Legal News - Volume 5, Number 4.

... is twofold: first, to create greater employment opportunities in the gaming industry in Canada and... the new hire does not have the same "contractual rights" of an existing employee. The best practice... is employed subject to an express or implied contract of employment. An employer cannot unilate...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2012, January 2012

• Pope v. Patrician, Inc., (Ohio 2007)

Employment-at-will; implied contract; employee hand book; termination; promissory estoppel.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Philip Edwards v. Geisinger Clinic Inc, (3rd Cir. 2012)

... Clinic ("Geisinger") on his breach of employment contract claim. . Edwards contends that the Distri... reject Edwards's argument that Geisinger implied that it was guaranteeing employment for a definite...

• Federal Circuits