· 4/18/1997
Rose v. Tipton County Public Works Department
Citations
- 953 S.W.2d 690
- 12 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1364
- 1997 Tenn. App. LEXIS 264
- 1997 WL 188803
How courts have described this case
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- providing that an employer may not be bound by terms in its employee handbook unless the handbook contains language asserting contractual intent
- making a similar conclusion with respect to a manual which was to. serve as a “guide”
- manual which referred to “established rules” was not held binding because manual also indicated that rules only served as a “guide”
- where the handbook contained a provision directly stating “that its policies are subject to change without notice by [the employer]”
- employee handbook not a contract unless it contains specific guarantees or binding language
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Judges: Farmer, Crawford, Lillard
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