Like A Duck@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 years agoEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-squaremessage-square601fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down127
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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down3·2 years agoNope. You can just get laid off for “no reason.”
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·edit-22 years agoNo you can’t. Labor laws are a very real thing.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 years agoYes, that’s the entire point of “at-will” employment. There are protected classes, but “for no reason” is quite legal in most states, which is the terrible reality. US labor laws suck. https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/what-are-your-legal-rights-if-you-are-laid-off/#:~:text=Federal Protections&text=Nearly all jobs are considered,long as it’s not discriminatory.
minus-squareWarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years agoThat depends on where you’re working. If you’re working for a company in an industry that tends to lay people off at certain times, then yeah you’re probably to be laid off in the future. Most companies aren’t like that though.
Nope. You can just get laid off for “no reason.”
No you can’t.
Labor laws are a very real thing.
Yes, that’s the entire point of “at-will” employment.
There are protected classes, but “for no reason” is quite legal in most states, which is the terrible reality. US labor laws suck.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/what-are-your-legal-rights-if-you-are-laid-off/#:~:text=Federal Protections&text=Nearly all jobs are considered,long as it’s not discriminatory.
That depends on where you’re working. If you’re working for a company in an industry that tends to lay people off at certain times, then yeah you’re probably to be laid off in the future. Most companies aren’t like that though.