EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN

EXHIBIT 10.1

November 1, 2005

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

BETWEEN

KARL G. GLASSMAN AND

LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of November 1, 2005 between Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, a Missouri corporation (the “Company”), and Karl G. Glassman (the “Executive”).

RECITALS

The Company desires that the Executive remain in the employment of the Company. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has recommended the execution of this Agreement and the Board has authorized the execution of the same.

AGREEMENT

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

The Company hereby reaffirms its employment of the Executive as its Executive Vice President, and the Executive hereby confirms his employment in that capacity. Executive will also serve the Company in such other executive capacities, at the Executive Vice President level or above, as may be determined by the Board from time to time.

The Executive’s employment under this Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions set out below and will be carried out in Carthage, Missouri, at the Company’s principal executive offices. However, the Executive acknowledges that the nature of his employment may require reasonable domestic and international travel from time to time.

The term of this Agreement shall commence on November 1, 2005 and shall end five years after such date, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

The term of this Agreement may be terminated prior to expiration by reason of any of the following:

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The Executive shall devote his full business time to the affairs of the Company. However, this shall not be deemed to prevent the Executive from devoting such time (which shall not be substantial in the aggregate) to personal business interests that do not unreasonably interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder.

The Executive shall use his best efforts, skills and abilities to promote the Company’s interests. The Executive shall serve as director if nominated by the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee (“N&CG Committee”) and if so elected by the shareholders of the Company; provided, however, the N&CG Committee may decide not to nominate the Executive if (i) such nomination would violate the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or (ii) for good corporate governance reasons the N&CG Committee and the Board believe there is a need to reduce the number of inside directors serving on the Board. The Executive shall perform such duties at the Executive Vice President level or above assigned to him by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President. The Executive shall report to the President of the Company, provided, however, if the President is elected as the Chief Executive Officer, the Executive shall report to the Chief Executive Officer.

The Executive shall be paid a base salary at an annual rate of $572,915. Beginning on or about April 1, 2006 and April 1 of each successive year during the term of this Agreement, the Compensation Committee shall appraise the Executive’s performance during the previous calendar year, taking into account such factors as it deems appropriate. As a result of such appraisal, the then annual base salary of the Executive may be increased (but shall not be decreased) by such amount as the Compensation Committee determines is fair, just and equitable.

The Executive’s base salary shall be paid in equal bi-weekly installments.

All salary increases under this section will be made as of the beginning of the first payroll period in which the Company’s other salaried employees generally receive merit related annual salary adjustments.

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During the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to earn a cash bonus computed in accordance with the Key Officers Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Incentive Plan”). The amount of the Executive’s bonus shall be determined by applying a bonus formula approved by the Compensation Committee to a percentage of Executive’s annual salary on December 31 of each year (“target percentage”). The Executive’s target percentage is 50%. The Compensation Committee shall be entitled to amend or supplement the guidelines from time to time whenever the Committee deems this to be in the best interests of the shareholders of the Company.

If the Executive’s employment under this Agreement is terminated before December 31 of any year, the Executive shall receive a prorated bonus for the year of termination. This prorated bonus shall bear the same ratio to the actual bonus the Executive would have earned with respect to the year under the Incentive Plan as the number of days this Agreement is in force during such year bears to 365.

The Executive shall be entitled to a reasonable annual vacation (not less than an aggregate of four weeks in any calendar year) with full pay, benefits and allowances.

In addition to the salary, bonus and other payments to be made under this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to participate (to the extent legally permitted) in any insurance, pension, profit sharing, stock bonus, stock option, stock purchase or other benefit plan of the Company now existing or hereafter adopted for the benefit of executive officers of the Company or the employees of the Company generally.

At the Company’s expense, the Company shall provide office space, secretarial assistance, supplies and equipment fully adequate to enable the Executive to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement and at least comparable to that being provided to the Executive on the date hereof.

The Company shall provide the Executive with appropriate perquisites at least equal to such perquisites as are generally made available from time to time to the Company’s other senior executive officers.

In addition to the payments provided for in this Section 4 and elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company may from time to time pay the Executive as a salary increase, a bonus or otherwise, such additional amounts as the Compensation Committee shall, in its discretion, determine.

Except as may be provided otherwise in this Agreement or to the extent required by law, no benefits referred to in this section or provided for in other sections of this Agreement shall be reduced by the Company as to the Executive without first securing his consent.

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The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all transportation, hotel, living and related expenses incurred by the Executive on business trips away from the Company’s principal office and for all other business and entertainment expenses reasonably incurred by him in connection with the business of the Company and its subsidiaries or affiliates.

The Executive shall be deemed to have a “Total Disability” if he is unable, for a continuous period of four or more months, to perform substantially all of the material personal services to be rendered by him under this Agreement.

During the continuance of any Total Disability, the Board may elect to relieve the Executive of all of his duties hereunder by Board resolution delivered to the Executive, or the Executive may elect to cease performing all of his duties hereunder by notice delivered to the Company. Thereupon, Executive’s duties and responsibilities under this Agreement shall cease 60 days following delivery of the Board resolution or the Executive’s notice, as the case may be; provided, however, that all other provisions of this Agreement, including the Executive’s cash compensation and other benefits, shall continue in full force until 14 months from the first day of the four month or longer continuous period that culminated in the Total Disability (“Disability Termination Date”). If Executive continues to have a Total Disability on the Disability Termination Date, his employment under this Agreement shall be terminated.

The Company’s obligation to continue the Executive’s cash compensation from the date of a Total Disability to the Disability Termination Date shall be reduced by (a) all amounts paid to Executive under disability income insurance policies made available to the Executive by the Company and (b) by all amounts received by the Executive from Social Security disability benefits.

Not later than six months after the occurrence of any of the following events the Executive may elect to terminate his employment under this Agreement by sending notice of termination to the Company:

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The Executive’s employment obligations under this Agreement shall terminate on the date of termination specified in the Executive’s notice to the Company, which date must be within 60 days of the date of the notice.

The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment pursuant to this Agreement by discharging the Executive for cause. The term “for cause” shall be limited to the following events:

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The Board, at any time and without cause, may relieve the Executive of his duties under this Agreement upon three months prior written notice to the Executive; provided that such action by the Board pursuant to this Section shall not be deemed a termination of the Executive’s employment and shall not relieve the Company of any of its financial obligations to the Executive as set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if the Executive’s duties are terminated pursuant to this Section, the Executive’s employment shall thereafter be terminated upon the earlier of (i) Executive’s death or (ii) the Disability Termination Date (as defined in Section 6.1).

The Executive shall not at any time (whether during the term of this Agreement or thereafter) disclose to any person any confidential information or trade secrets of the Company.

If any of the restrictions contained in this section or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed unenforceable then the Executive and the Company contemplate that the appropriate court will enforce such restrictions in their reduced form.

This Agreement and the benefits hereunder are personal to the Company and are not assignable by it; provided, however, this Agreement and the benefits hereunder may be assigned by the Company to any person acquiring all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or to any corporation into which the Company may be merged or consolidated. In the event of an assignment of this Agreement to any person acquiring all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or to any corporation into which the Company may be merged or consolidated, the title, responsibilities and duties assigned to the Executive by such successor person or corporation shall be the title, responsibilities and duties of a senior executive officer of such successor person or corporation.

The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the Executive, his assignees, executors, and administrators.

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No waiver by either party of any breach or nonperformance of any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach or nonperformance of the same or any other provision hereof.

All notices, waivers, designations or other communications (collectively “notices”) that either party is required or permitted to give hereunder shall be in writing and delivered as follows:

subject to the right of either party at any time to designate a different location for the delivery of notices.

Section 9 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement, as shall all other provisions hereof which provide for or contemplate performance by either the Executive or the Company following the termination hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Executive have signed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

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