Business etiquette and integrity Part II

younghoss
Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:32:23 +0000

I agree with some here that a second look at employees initial offer paperwork is top priority 1. Before u offer any kind of settlement, search for words like “estimate” as some have said here. If you find that, then certainly you are covered legally, and then only have an unhappy worker problem.
But if no such wording can be found, I remember 1 point I was taught in a biz law class that might apply here…

1. An obvious mistake is generally not binding. For example- If a newspaper runs a car dealer’s ad for new Chevy Camaro at $3500., then the dealer is likely NOT bound to honor that, as anyone that knows anything about cars is expected to know that is one tenth of todays actual new car pricing. An obvious error. This might apply here.

Of course another point is that the job candidate may have relied on the promise the company made in the job offer package. Don’t have to be a lawyer to know exact wording is SO important.