Opinion ID: 2742088
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Commissions

Text: Butterworth argues although LabCorp had the right to modify its compensation plans, it had to give 30 days’ notice to the affected employees. LabCorp failed to give the requisite notice, and the district court erred in finding LabCorp could amend its plans and take away earned commissions both retroactively and without notice. “It is well established under Florida law that policy statements contained in employment manuals do not give rise to enforceable contract rights in Florida unless they contain specific language which expresses the parties’ explicit mutual 14 Case: 13-15021 Date Filed: 10/14/2014 Page: 15 of 15 agreement that the manual constitutes a separate employment contract.” Vega, 564 F.3d at 1273 (quotations omitted). LabCorp’s compensation plans explicitly stated that they were not to be construed as contractual agreements. They were policy documents, subject to modification and termination at any time, and no evidence suggests that LabCorp and Butterworth considered the compensation plans to be contracts between them. Accordingly, no reasonable jury could conclude an enforceable contract for commission payments existed between the parties following execution of the written employment agreement in November 2002, and, therefore, the district court properly granted summary judgment to LabCorp on this breach of contract claim. AFFIRMED. 15