X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum
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Re: X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum
#2I am glad to hear that workers rights are being enforced in Europe.
As an employee in Germany, it sounds deranged to receive an email saying I have one day to completely change my work contract, or be fired from my job.
Re: X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum
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#4Would this be legal in any jurisdiction (click-or-be-fired)? I am not familiar with US labour laws, are employees actually at the level of indentured servants considering terms of employment (which I would expect to be a contract between TWO parties)?
Re: X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum
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#6I am glad to hear that workers rights are being enforced in Europe. As an employee in Germany, it sounds deranged to receive an email saying I have one day to completely change my work contract, or be fired from my job.
Must be nice to live in a civilized society like that.
Re: X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum
#7I am glad to hear that workers rights are being enforced in Europe. As an employee in Germany, it sounds deranged to receive an email saying I have one day to completely change my work contract, or be fired from my job.
It's the main reason I chose to move to Europe instead of the US, despite potentially making more money in the US. I very much appreciate the labor protections in most EU countries.
Re: X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum
#8I am glad to hear that workers rights are being enforced in Europe. As an employee in Germany, it sounds deranged to receive an email saying I have one day to completely change my work contract, or be fired from my job.
I'm so glad most European countries have robust labour laws which often favour the employee in case of doubt, not the employer.
This type of behaviour - unilaterally changing the employment agreement without even specifying them in their entirety! - should never be possible.
I hope other employees and EU countries follow suit and slap X with more fines, if this impacted other citizens as well.
Re: X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum
#9Would this be legal in any jurisdiction (click-or-be-fired)? I am not familiar with US labour laws, are employees actually at the level of indentured servants considering terms of employment (which I would expect to be a contract between TWO parties)?
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Re: X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired after yes-or-resign ultimatum
#10Would this be legal in any jurisdiction (click-or-be-fired)? I am not familiar with US labour laws, are employees actually at the level of indentured servants considering terms of employment (which I would expect to be a contract between TWO parties)?
From Wikipedia:
> In United States labor law, at-will employment is an employer's ability to dismiss an employee for any reason (that is, without having to establish "just cause" for termination), and without warning,[1] as long as the reason is not illegal (e.g. firing because of the employee's gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability status). When an employee is acknowledged as being hired "at will", courts deny the employee any claim for loss resulting from the dismissal.