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(b) That's right. The rule is that terms cannot be added to a contract after it has been made. A contract includes only those undertakings for which the parties have intended to make themselves liable at the moment of formation. Any additional undertakings would have to be the subject of a new contract which would itself need to meet all the requirements of formation.

For these reasons, A would not be bound by what B has said after his first shift.

Olley v Marlborough Court Ltd [1949] 1 KB 532.

The same principle applies to online transactions.

eBay International AG v Creative Festival Entertainment Pty Ltd (2006) 170 FCR 450