It may be time for employers to check their Employee Handbooks. Recent case law has made updating handbooks a wise idea. For instance, a Pennsylvania court found that an Employee Handbook creates a contract and upheld a $187.6 million award against Wal-Mart for its failure to provide paid breaks to employees as detailed in its handbook. Many recent states courts decisions have found that and policies in Employee Handbooks create a contract that can alter the nature of employment relationships, even in at will employment states. You are probably thinking, “Maybe I should not have an Employee Handbook?” That is
