terror-billie: amyamychan: leandraholmes: You may say “but that’s just how it is&rd
terror-billie:amyamychan:leandraholmes:You may say “but that’s just how it is”, and I’m gonna give you Americans a bit of perspective. In Germany, notice period is always mutual. It may be raised in favour of the employee, but never the other way around. The legal minimum notice period is one month (except for in the first 6 months of employment, which is a sort of ‘testing phase’; there, it’s two weeks). Most employers are under some kind of tariff, though - like Chemical Industries and Pharmaceutics, Automotive Industries, Public Service, etc. - which means notice periods are often even higher. And the legal notice period rises, the longer you have worked for one employer. E.g. if you’ve worked for them for 10 years, it’s 4 months for the employer; it may still be lower for the employee (but in reality, it’s most often mutual).There are, however, circumstances under which you can be fired or quit on the spot, for example if you steal something or if your boss assaults you. However, in the latter case, it would not be prudent to quit on the spot. You’d just leave, get a sick note and then take legal steps. The only thing an employer can do if they want to get rid of you immediately is send you home, on full pay and benefits, for the remainder of the employment.TL;DR: In Germany, and in all EU countries, I believe, workers protection laws mandate that the conditions always be equal or in favour of the employee. Never the other way around. And the regular legal notice period is 1 month.A whole continent has decided that practices like the ones described above are abhorrent and outdated. Yet, the US still uphold such conditions like it’s 1899. [Image Description]A twitter post by Guinevieve (@Bug_Grrrl). It reads:The fact that businesses demand you give them 2 weeks notice so they can find someone to replace you so they stay efficient, but can just fire you at will without warning you so you can find a new job so you don’t starve to death is fucking abominable and morally repugnant.[End ID]@leandraholmes Do you know if Mutual Notice protections are something that was led by unions? America has weakened unions abysmally over the last five decades and that has driven a lot of employee suffering, but I’ve heard that many countries in the EU have much stronger unions. -- source link
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