Western Electric Co. v. Ellison

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellee, Fred Ellison, was employed by the appellant, West ern Electric Company (Western Electric), from 1969 until about October 29, 1982, last working as an installer out of Western Electric’s Marietta, Georgia, office. Because of a lack of work in this area, Western Electric notified Ellison that it would be necessary to transfer him permanently to a California location. The company offered to increase Ellison’s salary by about 50 cents per hour and to pay the relocation expenses; Ellison’s wife, however, who also worked for Western Electric, was not offered a…