11
Mar
Company Practice Must Be Proven by Claimant
Employees complain that they are entitled to a higher retirement benefit based on company practice. Is the claim of “company practice” enough to grant such benefit? The burden of proof that the benefit has ripened into company practice, i.e., giving of the benefit is done over a long period of time, and that it has been made consistently and deliberately, rests with the employee. To be considered as a regular company practice, the employee must prove by substantial evidence that the giving [...]