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In Europe, we don't really have the concept of at-will employment so an employer can't legally terminate your employment without a good reason. And resigning is
by lucozade 7y ago
In Europe, we don't really have the concept of at-will employment so an employer can't legally terminate your employment without a good reason. And resigning isn't usually classed as a good reason.
I'm not sure about Spain, but in the UK there is a difference between being fired i.e. terminated with cause and laid off i.e. made redundant.
In the former, I don't believe there's any requirement for severance. In the latter there is a statutory minimum severance.
Also, if you're actually fired, your rights to unemployment benefits change. Usually some form of delay and/or reduction.
- DanBC 7y agoIsn't it a bit more complicated in England? An employee who's been working for the company for less than two years is fired for anything but reasons connected to protected characteristics doesn't have any recourse if they're fired. The employer doesn't need to give a reason.
- rlpb 7y agoCitation please? I was under the impression that UK employers always need to give a (valid) reason. The only change at two years of which I'm aware is that this is the point at which redundancy payments (US: severence pay) starts to become due in case of redundancy.