· 7/7/1994
Claudine Robinson v. Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc., an Illinois Corporation
Citations
- 19 F.3d 359
- 1994 WL 88393
How courts have described this case
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- applying Illinois law and concluding that acceptance and consideration for modification of manual cannot be inferred from employee’s continued work
- where continuing to work merely constituted performance under the original contract, continued work did not show acceptance of or consideration for modification of the contract
- where continuing to work merely constituted performance under the original contract, continued work did not show acceptance of or consideration for modification of the contract
- employer's issuance of a revised employee handbook containing a disclaimer did not have the effect of modifying an original employment contract in the absence of a bargained-for exchange
- Under Illinois law acceptance and consideration \cannot be inferred from [employee's] continued work\; there must be some benefit to employee, detriment to employer, or employee's continued work under new manual must have been bargained-for exchange.
- Under Illinois law acceptance and consideration “cannot be inferred from [employee’s] continued work”; there must be some benefit to employee, detriment to employer, or employee’s continued work under new manual must have been bargained-for exchange.
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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Mihm
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