Court cases about a breach of employment contract

Court cases about a breach of employment contract

Court cases about a breach of employment contract occur when either the employer or the employee fails to meet the terms of their agreement, and the offended party seeks justice through the legal system. The employment contracts are either written or oral; however, written contracts provide leverage as they act as evidence once both the employer and employee put their signatory in it. Employers primarily breach their agreement by denying an employee their benefits, as illustrated in the court case of Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor, where the employees are affected psychologically by denying profits resulting in a reduction of their efficiency, hinders personal and career growth. Employees breach their contract through practices such as sharing private information with competitors as in the monumental case of 1998 of Foley v. Interactive Data Corp, where the exposure of private information was termed as malice and bad faith.

Reference

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Taylor, 481 U.S. 58, 107 S. Ct. 1542, 95 L. Ed. 2d 55, (1987).

Foley v. Interactive Data Corp., 765 P.2d 373, 47 Cal. 3d 654, 254 Cal. Rptr. 211, (1988).