I have survived my second annual thinning of the herd

[Al B. Sure!]

Does NY not have further laws?

It takes 10 seconds to look this stuff up, people

Some New York Employment Law Firm's Blog

Severance pay is a misunderstood subject in New York and around the country. Companies are not legally required to pay a departing employee severance, but companies often do to make the transition smooth. Severance pay (or severance packages) is a custom that has developed. Employers are often willing to pay a departing employee severance pay to prevent law suits and the disruption of business. But there is no legal right to severance pay unless you have an employment contract that says you do.

[Aeson]

Cattle - herds. Lions - pride. Just sayin...

[Lonestar]

There's nothing wrong with Texas other than the climate and the lack of culture.

Crappy K-12 education system.

[MikeH]

In the UK you get your notice period in pay (which is typically 1 month), which is taxed.

Plus 1 week statutory redundancy pay for every year you've worked, which is tax free, but can be capped. Most people will pay you full pay for those weeks though.

My wife got made redundant a year or so ago, she had 3 months notice, had been working there for nearly 4 years so her pay-off was approaching 5 figures sterling.

Then got a job contracting earning twice as much. Which was great.

[MikeH]

If you are fired for cause, you get nothing obviously.

[MikeH]

Actually it's more complicated than 1 week per year service:

0.5 weeks pay for each full year of service where your age was under 22
1 weeks pay for each full year of service where your age was 22 or above, but under 41
1.5 weeks pay for each full year of service where your age was 41 or above

[OneFootInTheGrave]

France is the best... cannot fire you unless they tried to give you another position twice before, so three strikes out... if you want to to lay them off, you need to buy them out... and they still work

[Al B. Sure!]

Why do you call it 'redundancy'? That's an overly fancy (and euphemistic) word for something like this.

[Egbert]

Redundancy means the work pertaining to that job no longer needs to be done. Or at least you have made it appear that the work has disappeared.

[MikeH]

Yeah, you can't just fire someone for no reason, so either they have done something wrong, and need to be fired, or the need for the job has disappeared so their role is now redundant.

[Egbert]

Or you can just make it look like the job has disappeared.

[KrazyHorse]

Yeah, you can't just fire someone for no reason, so either they have done something wrong, and need to be fired, or the need for the job has disappeared so their role is now redundant.

What a silly attitude...

[MikeH]

Huh? I'm stating the reasons people can be dismissed in the UK. It's not an attitude?

[MikeH]

Workers rights.

[Kuciwalker]

to negotiate the terms of their employment