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I remember a while back some .com company laid off a bunch of their employees (more than 40%? 50%?). Firing that many people at once triggered a set of 'lay o
by MikeTheGreat 9y ago
I remember a while back some .com company laid off a bunch of their employees (more than 40%? 50%?). Firing that many people at once triggered a set of 'lay off' laws, which required certain behavior from the company (such as giving the employees X days notice, etc, etc).
This is pure speculation, but I wonder if Telsa is trying to do last-minute layoffs while avoiding whatever 'lay off laws' there are by claiming that each individual is totally being fired for totally legit individual reasons, for sure, yep.
- archildress 9y agoThe provision you're referring to is called a WARN notice. Employers with 100 or more employees typically are required to give 60 days notice.
- sjg007 9y agoThe Department of Labor usually investigates these things.
- brewdad 9y agoThis is not your father's Department of Labor. I see little chance that any enforcement will happen.
- turk184 9y agoWhat the hell does that even mean? When my father had trouble with his union doing illegal shit in the 1980s, the Dept. of Labor back then was useless, as was the NLRB, and when the trouble became to violent threats, the FBI was zero help, too! I know you meant that as a veiled criticism of Trump, but here's the reality: The US government under Trump is getting itself turned around after decades of mismanagement. It won't happen overnight, but there are clearly much-needed reforms in progress and a lot of people don't like that. And the rest just take cheap shots because they simply don't know any better.
- gozur88 9y agoCompanies don't fire for cause very much. It's just asking for a wrongful termination lawsuit.