I’m a staunch conservative, but there’s got to be something better than the intentionally misnomered “right to work” legislation. I’m not a union supporter, either, but right to work is only good for businesses, not employees. I live in a rtw state. Basically, an employer can terminate an employee for any reason or no reason at all, without notice. Employee handbooks explain it as “You can leave for any or no reason, without notice, without penalty, and the company can terminate under the same terms.” But if a person leaves without notice, when his prospective new job HR calls the company he left, he will ask, “Is he eligible for rehire?” Which is just a sneaky way of getting an illegal bad report. If a person deserves to be terminated, fine. But companies can easily use this law unfairly.
I quit all of them.
Never had a problem finding or keeping a job. If you need help keeping a job, you're doing something wrong.
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I’m a staunch conservative, but there’s got to be something better than the intentionally misnomered “right to work” legislation. I’m not a union supporter, either, but right to work is only good for businesses, not employees. I live in a rtw state. Basically, an employer can terminate an employee for any reason or no reason at all, without notice. Employee handbooks explain it as “You can leave for any or no reason, without notice, without penalty, and the company can terminate under the same terms.” But if a person leaves without notice, when his prospective new job HR calls the company he left, he will ask, “Is he eligible for rehire?” Which is just a sneaky way of getting an illegal bad report. If a person deserves to be terminated, fine. But companies can easily use this law unfairly.
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Easy solution that doesn’t take the govt to institute: Hire yourself.
The positions filled by employers are NOT the possession of the employed.
When someone is terminated, they are usually given two weeks severance (sometimes more) which is equivalent to two weeks notice, except they don’t have to work those two weeks and can use those days looking for a new job.
“I live in a rtw state. Basically, an employer can terminate an employee for any reason or no reason at all, without notice.”
Pretty sure the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevents that.
I'm in an "at will" employment state. My company can dump my butt anytime they want, and need not disclose a reason.
But they don't. Why? Because I'm productive enough to be worth my salary.
“employer can terminate an employee for any reason or no reason at all”
I think that’s called “right of association”, and it’s a natural right that should not be infringed for anyone.
How so? If one is a solid and dependable employee than no company would want to get rid of that person. If the company was going under, then it wouldn't matter if there was a Right-to-Work law or not anyhow.
“I’m staunch conservative”
With all due respect, if you’re ok with forcing people to join unions and watching part of thier wages confiscated and sent to the Rats whether they like it or not then you sir are not a staunch conservative.
Easy fire means easy hire. If the employer has to essentially marry an applicant (in the sense that firing an employee is as much hassle as getting a divorce), then the employer is much less likely to take a chance on an applicant. HR paperwork and bureaucratic CYA before you can hire anybody.