OPINION: If an employer told an employee one thing, encouraged them to rely on it, and then suddenly changed its position when it suited the employer, surely that would cause outrage.
In the employment context the parties would be discussing some important underlying values such as “good faith”, “trust and confidence” and “misleading conduct”.
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Governments are entitled to change their minds. Election campaigns are entitled to produce new policies. Circumstances change. Politics may be “politics” but perhaps employment law may provide a useful lesson.
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