Thompson v. St. Regis Paper Company

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that under Washington law employment manuals can give rise to contractual claims
• noting that specific and conspicuous statements can prevent an employer from being bound by statements in employment manuals
• noting that specific and conspicuous statements can prevent an employer from being bound by statements in employment manuals
• reasoning that “an employee and employer can contractually obligate themselves concerning provisions found in an employee policy manual and thereby contractually modify the terminable at will relationship”
• stating that employers “can specifically state in a conspicuous manner that nothing contained [in a handbook] is intended to be part of the employment relationship and are simply general statements of company policy”
• recognizing tort of wrongful discharge in violation of public policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).