Progress Printing Co., Inc. v. Nichols

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• rejecting the employee’s contention that a termination for cause provision in the employee handbook is sufficient to rebut the presumption of an at-will employment relationship where the employee signed an acknowledgement form stating that he is an at-will employee
• “Many of the provisions customarily included in an employee handbook are consistent with an at will employment relationship such as policies regarding vacations, severance pay, or employee grievance procedures”
• “Normally, the employer retains the right to alter these policies at any time, although rights which have already vested in the employee are enforceable for the period of time during which those rights existed”
• at-will presumption is that \the employment term extends for an indefinite period and may be terminated for any reason upon reasonable notice\ subject only to narrow public policy excep- tions
• contract ter- minable by cause rebuts presumption

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