Mike Marion said:
> Quoting Mike Marion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Oops.. forgot my footnote earlier..
>
>> The key word possibly being "were"... we now have a lot of laws on
>> the books
>> that set limits to what an employer can do (and very few on what an
>> employee
>> can do[0]). These laws would all have to be repealed.
>
> [0]I've always thought it was a little unfair that a company has all
> kinds of
> laws restricting why they can fire people. It might seem like it's
> simple,
> but talk to HR people sometime about all the hurdles they have to go
> through,
> and then there's always the threat of a lawsuit. But the employees
> can just
> up and quit when they want, with no reprecussions (save a bad
> recommendation). Back when I worked at HSN/Mistix.. there was a
> couple that
> worked there. After about a month, they just walked up together one
> night to
> the supervisor, handed over their badges, and quit.
>
> While such an action usually isn't going to hurt a larger company
> much,
> someone doing that in a small business (depending on what they do,
> skill
> level required, etc) could threaten to bankrupt the business. When I
> worked
> for a silkscreen/embroidery place before here, owned by friends of the
> family, they had 2 positions where the person walking like that
> could've
> seriously hurt them, and possibly caused them to go under.
>
> I can understand if the person in question is being abused or
> something.. but
> in most cases, there should be some kind of requirement for giving
> some
> minimal notice. There could be guidelines for what quality as
> extenuating
> circumstances that would negate the need for notice.
You must be talking about some other state besides California, or
under a union contract. California law says that employees are "at
will" which means that they can be "let go" without reason at any
time, and without prior notice.
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