Funkhouser v. WELLS FARGO CORP.

Plaintiffs’ original employment contract with defendant Wells Fargo Bank allowed them to accumulate unused sick leave. After the bank merged with another company and assumed a new corporate identity (also called Wells Fargo), the successor entity terminated the original contract and replaced it with one under which plaintiffs could not use their accumulated sick leave. Plaintiffs brought this action, arguing that their accumulated sick leave was a benefit of employment that they had already earned under the terms of the original contract and that, therefore, taking it away was a breach of…