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I think this may hurt fired workers, because companies will have less incentive to offer severance pay if fired workers can criticize them in public anyway.
by Bostonian 3y ago
I think this may hurt fired workers, because companies will have less incentive to offer severance pay if fired workers can criticize them in public anyway.
- hypothesis 3y agoAre you assuming that said clauses are coming in with layoffs? All I see is that they are part of a contract on day one, which is where it would make a difference.
- tempuser 3y agoFTA: That's of particular interest right now to laid-off Twitter employees — some of whom want to speak publicly about what happened when Elon Musk took over, but are muzzled by gag orders signed to get their severance.
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- jevoten 3y agoIn the same sense that it hurts workers if companies cannot (legally) pay them to commit fraud on the company's behalf. Yes, some worker might be paid less because of it, but we're all much better off not allowing the practice.
- aredox 3y agoThis is a textbook example of a Prisoners' Dilemma, where we - as a society - are worse off, because the set up exploits the fact it is difficult to coordinate and there's an incentive to break solidarity for one's own benefit. It is of benefit for all workers to know which abusive companies to avoid.