If I have a contract which guarantees a 5% annual raise but my employer will be in breach since it won’t give the raise in the upcoming year, may I get out of the contract?
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If I have a contract which guarantees a 5% annual raise but my employer will be in breach since it won’t give the raise in the upcoming year, may I get out of the contract?
I’m a W-2 employee.
Asked on December 25, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Connecticut
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
For a definitive answer, you need to bring the contract to an attorney to review, because contracts are governed or controlled by their exact language. That said, as a general principal, you would be correct: the employer's material, or important, breach in regarda to the raise should enable you to treat the contract as terminated by their breach.
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