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Why is the employment short-term? Isn't the UK like most of Western Europe in that it's quite hard to fire someone (and then you have to give months and months
by dschobel 16y ago
Why is the employment short-term? Isn't the UK like most of Western Europe in that it's quite hard to fire someone (and then you have to give months and months of severance if you do)?
- zeemonkee 16y agoYou have short-term (max 6 month) contracts. You don't need to fire someone when their contract ends.
- timclark 16y agoIt is harder to fire someone in Europe than in the US. However, in the UK severance pay is tax free but the legal minimum that is required by your employer is quite low, some employment contracts may specify better redundancy terms but employers don't have to be that generous.
- nkassis 16y agoWait you mean they have to pay severance? That's not required at all in the US. Unless your contract says so, when fired you get nothing.
- timthorn 16y agoOnly when made redundant. There's no mandatory payment for dismissal. However, it's common for people to leave "by mutual consent" - the employer pays off the employee to leave quickly, rather than go through the formal procedure of establishing incompetence.