Michael O'Keefe said: > Neil Schneider wrote: >> Mike Marion said: >>>[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). > > <snip> > >> 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. > > Maybe it's just here @ QCOM, but I've heard the same thing. > Our HR ppl have to jump through many hoops to get someone laid off. > It's almost like the public-service.
http://www.lawyers.com/lawyers/A~1019486~LDS/EMPLOYMENT+LAW+CALIFORNIA.html In California, employees are presumed to be at will. At-will employees may be terminated for any reason, so long as its not illegal. Generally, employees that work under an employment contract can only be terminated for reasons specified in the contract. In California, the at-will presumption can be overcome by evidence that despite the absence of a specified term of employment, the parties agreed who the employer's power to terminate would be limited in some way. -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. - Jeremy Bentham, jurist and philosopher (1748-1832) -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
