Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
by unishark on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:23AM
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if you need to get the other party to sign a contract granting you a contractual right, doesn't that rather make the above poster's larger point though? Especially since that contract is the place where the salary and work are agreed upon. If I don't have a right to force you to work for me as a servant, then I need to get you to agree to do it willingly via some kind of contract.
Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
by agensaequivocum on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:15AM
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Yes I should have been more specific. If it is agreed to than yes the payment is due. But the government forcing it is unjust.
Re:Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
by ryanbrunner on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @06:19AM
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Are notice periods, minimum wages, and restricting discrimination on protected grounds unjust as well? All of those are forced onto employment contracts in the U.S. (if not explicitly, then implicitly) regardless of whether employees or employers want them to be.
The main difference, of course, is that in countries that require this sort of thing, it's required - but requiring certain implicit terms in employment contracts is a regular thing in the U.S. as well - there's all kinds of regulations and case law on what sorts of employment contracts are valid. Saying that something like severance is a necessary requirement is a difference of degree, not of kind.