Case of the week: Employment
Where an employer, with the interests of staff retention in mind, made a clear and unequivocal oral promise in a general, non-mandatory employee meeting to pay guaranteed performance-based bonuses, its announcement created a contractual obligation. (1) Attrill & Ors; (2) Anar & Ors v (1) Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd; (2) Commerzbank (2012) EWHC 1189 (QB). Owen J. […]