Weiss v. Lonnquist

fl Where a fixed-term employment contract expires and the employee continues to render the same services provided under the previous agreement, a court will presume that the employee is serving under a new, implied contract having the same terms and conditions as contained in the expired contract. However, where it is clear that the implied contract does not have the same terms and conditions as the earlier agreement, there is no basis to presume that the contracting parties necessarily renewed any specific term of the prior agreement. Because the evidence in the record and the pleadings…