4. C.J.S. Employer–Employee Relationship §§ 22–26, 42.]
additional consideration rule
additional-consideration rule. Employment law. An exception to the employment-at-will principle, whereby an employee who does not have a written contract but who undertakes substantial hardship in addition to the normal job duties — as by relocating to a different city based on oral assurances of job security — can maintain a breach-of-contract claim if the employer does not fulfill its agreement. [Cases: Master and Servant 3(1),
