Richard Border v. City of Crystal Lake, an Illinois Municipal Corporation

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• holding that combination of employee handbook, employer practices as to employee termination, and oral statements of supervisors were “inadequate collectively” to show “clear promise” of continued employment absent just cause for dismissal
• finding that, under Duldulao, the employee could not reasonably believe an employee handbook created an employment contract where the alleged promise was immediately followed by a disclaimer
• concluding that nothing in handbook was a contractual promise
• finding language in handbook stating that employees are subject to reprimand, suspension, and dismissal “at any time, as may be appropriate, for conduct or performance” to be too “weak” to overcome at-will presumption
• presence of grievance procedures in employee handbook did not indicate that plaintiffs employment could be terminated only “for cause”
• “[P]romises made in an employee handbook can give rise to a legitimate claim of entitlement sufficient to be protected as a property interest.”

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