Court Opinion

ID: 9739826
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:21:42.480958+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:14.165933
License: Public Domain

SACKETT, Judge
(dissenting).
I find that the employment agreement between Salter and Freight Sales was an oral agreement terminable at will. The agreement was modified after the theft loss and applied to future services. Salter worked under the new agreement and accepted the new commission without comment. The trial court was incorrect in applying § 91A.2(4). “[A]n employment contract terminable at will is subject to modification at anytime by either party as a condition of its continuance.” Moody v. Bogue, 310 N.W.2d 655, 660-661 (Iowa Ct. App.1981). The employee’s only alternative is to accept the new conditions or quit; an employee’s decision to continue to work, knowing the newly proposed terms, results in the employee’s acceptance as a matter of law. Id. at 661.
I would reverse.