Quedado v. Boeing Co.

¶1 — Appellant Reynold Quedado, a Boeing employee, was demoted out of management for exerting influence to get two of his relatives hired. In this action for wrongful demotion and breach of implied contract, Quedado contends the Boeing “Code of Conduct” and two company policy documents contained enforceable promises concerning how investigations of employee conduct are to be investigated and how discipline is to be imposed. The record discloses no evidence of an implied contract modifying the at-will employment relationship and no promises of specific treatment in specific situations. The…