re: Italy - I have begun noticing this a few times in the United States, too. Employers aren't firing unvexxed workers, they are placing them on "unpaid leave".
It's a workaround to prevent themselves from bad publicity or from getting sued for unlawful termination. After all, the employee was never actually "terminated" so what's the pro…
re: Italy - I have begun noticing this a few times in the United States, too. Employers aren't firing unvexxed workers, they are placing them on "unpaid leave".
It's a workaround to prevent themselves from bad publicity or from getting sued for unlawful termination. After all, the employee was never actually "terminated" so what's the problem? And look, he found a new job, to technically he quit!
I think American courts - no idea about Italy - would toss that out pretty quickly since the net effect is practically the same as being fired. It is well established labor law that you can't go too far mistreating employees to get around paying unemployment benefits.
re: Italy - I have begun noticing this a few times in the United States, too. Employers aren't firing unvexxed workers, they are placing them on "unpaid leave".
It's a workaround to prevent themselves from bad publicity or from getting sued for unlawful termination. After all, the employee was never actually "terminated" so what's the problem? And look, he found a new job, to technically he quit!
I think American courts - no idea about Italy - would toss that out pretty quickly since the net effect is practically the same as being fired. It is well established labor law that you can't go too far mistreating employees to get around paying unemployment benefits.
It's constructive firing, and you're right that even with our leftist courts it won't stand.