Company Policy Often is Law (Score 1)

...atleast in the realm of contracts. Information included in an employee handbook is considered binding (for both the company and yourself). This has been held true by the courts even when the employee has not read the handbook (or in the case referenced, had not read the specific policy in the handbook). For further reading, look up Pine River State Bank v. Mettile, 333 N.W.2d 622, 627-30 (Minn.1983).