Tesla's mass firings spread to SolarCity

Re:Tesla's mass firings spread to SolarCity by MikeTheGreat on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:40PM (#15551649)

I remember a while back some .com company laid off a bunch of their employees (more than 40%? 50%?). Firing that many people at once triggered a set of 'lay off' laws, which required certain behavior from the company (such as giving the employees X days notice, etc, etc).

This is pure speculation, but I wonder if Telsa is trying to do last-minute layoffs while avoiding whatever 'lay off laws' there are by claiming that each individual is totally being fired for totally legit individual reasons, for sure, yep.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tesla's mass firings spread to SolarCity by archildress on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @12:43PM (#15551668)

The provision you're referring to is called a WARN notice. Employers with 100 or more employees typically are required to give 60 days notice.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tesla's mass firings spread to SolarCity by gozur88 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:26PM (#15552718)

Companies don't fire for cause very much. It's just asking for a wrongful termination lawsuit.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tesla's mass firings spread to SolarCity by sjg007 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @01:41PM (#15552216)

The Department of Labor usually investigates these things.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tesla's mass firings spread to SolarCity by brewdad on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:02PM (#15552443)

This is not your father's Department of Labor. I see little chance that any enforcement will happen.

[ Parent | on HN ]