(Solved): Aileen works in a pizza parlour inside a shopping mall. The mall has a new policy that all stores in ...
Aileen works in a pizza parlour inside a shopping mall. The mall has a new policy that all stores in the mall must be open until 10:00 PM, otherwise, the shop will be penalized with a rent increase. Aileen's manager asks Aileen to work until 10:00 PM and promises to increase her pay to $18.00/hr instead of $15.00/hr as stated in Aileen's employment contract. However, when Aileen receives her paycheque, she sees that the adjustment to $18.00/hr has not been made even though she has been working until 10:00 PM. Aileen confronts her manager. Her manager rescinds the offer of $18.00/hr and refers Aileen to the $15.00/hr stated in her employment contract. What are the employer's obligations in this scenario? Explain your answers.
This is the case of promise estoppel that can be seen as the doctrine in the contract implementation. As in the given case, Aileen was promised by her m