Like A Duck@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoEuropeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you?message-squaremessage-square600fedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down127
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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year 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-down4·1 year 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.
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.