Question juridique clé
Whether the 18 December 2001 amendment preserved the employee's right to a bonus after the salary increase
Solution extraite
The amendment, interpreted objectively, did not preserve any bonus entitlement; the increased fixed salary replaced any bonus right.
Motifs extraits
Earlier contracts expressly regulated a target bonus, but the 18 December 2001 letter fixed a much higher total salary, omitted any bonus clause, and the circumstances made it unreasonable to infer that a bonus still remained due.