4 ms·
Speaking of employment laws, I'm curious how common "at-will employment" is in the US? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment http://en.wikipedia.org/
by benhoyt 17y ago
Speaking of employment laws, I'm curious how common "at-will employment" is in the US? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment) I've recently been hired by a US company on at-will terms, and I understand it's much more common in the US than in New Zealand where I'm from -- things are much softer on employees in NZ.
- gojomo 17y ago'At-will' employment is the norm in the US for non-unionized jobs. The Wikipedia article describes the exceptions fairly well.
- _delirium 17y agoOne additional wrinkle is that customary practices at large firms are a bit different. Because they're worried about unlawful-termination suits (even if they'd end up winning them), large companies rarely fire specific people, except for really egregious things (like embezzlement), even though in theory at-will employment means they could fire anyone for any reason. Instead they only get rid of people in general downsizing/layoff rounds, like closing a whole division, or doing a blanket 10% reduction in staff--- and even then they often offer severance packages for long-term staff, to make it a mutually agreed upon parting.