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Has anyone ever tried to argue Promissory Estoppel?

Recently the owner of my company swore to us there would not be any more layoffs at my company. But then literally a week later another huge layoff happened (we’ve already had several this year.) Obviously I am ticked off and started googling potential types of recourse people might have, if any, and I stumbled upon this thing called “Promissory Estoppel.” Based on my very limited understanding, it sounds like it’s a term for when an employer makes a promise to an employee and then breaks it and the consequences are detrimental to the employee. Obviously you have to be able to prove a promise was made, but it still feels like it fits a lot of the stories on this sub. I am just curious if anyone has ever tried to argue this and what the situation was.


Recently the owner of my company swore to us there would not be any more layoffs at my company. But then literally a week later another huge layoff happened (we’ve already had several this year.) Obviously I am ticked off and started googling potential types of recourse people might have, if any, and I stumbled upon this thing called “Promissory Estoppel.” Based on my very limited understanding, it sounds like it’s a term for when an employer makes a promise to an employee and then breaks it and the consequences are detrimental to the employee. Obviously you have to be able to prove a promise was made, but it still feels like it fits a lot of the stories on this sub. I am just curious if anyone has ever tried to argue this and what the situation was.

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