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If it was just business, she could have fired him outright rather than giving him the extra time of not officially firing him.

• CHY872 13y ago
  Not in Europe. He'll have to have been given weeks/months of notices, so that he can look for a new job in his spare time and not be completely fucked up.
• Jacqued 13y ago
  No she couldn't. In countries like Belgium or France when you fire someone you must give them notice. They then get 3 more months until the point they no longer work for you. This gives employees time to find something else, and is also beneficial to public finances : the employer effectively bears the cost of the first 3 months of unemployment of this person, after which the state will cover.
  • Joeri 13y ago
    But, to be fair, it also discourages hiring employees unless you know you can keep them, so there is more unemployment than there would have been otherwise.