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Re:Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts by jsiepkes on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:21AM (#35439159)
> In the UK there is, in summary, a right to a fair process – where _roles_ are eliminated, not _people_. That when there aren't enough roles for the people left, they are selected for layoffs in a fair way with transparency on how choices were made.

So go to court? I highly doubt Google is susceptible to a walk out or a strike.

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Re:Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts by danpalmer on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:39AM (#35439404)
Unfortunately this is where the law falls short, the maximum penalty for this is low. Good for protecting those on minimum wage from exploitation, but not great for holding higher paying employers to account.
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Re:Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts by phatfish on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:35AM (#35439340)
Surely companies should be expected to follow the law, rather than just saying "haha sue us, i bet you can't afford it"? Otherwise it's just an abuse of the legal system, not to say that doesn't happen of course.

However as far as i remember, in the UK you can take an employer to an employment tribunal and you receive free legal representation. Although i do remember something about the Tories trying to remove or limit the legal representation, not sure if it happened.

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