(August 30, 2014 at 4:51 pm)Blackout Wrote: [quote='Diablo' pid='740039' dateline='1409430960']
Well, there's protection if that happened. If someone buys the business they have to protect those jobs, and there's compensation etc.
Then if all businesses have to pay the higher wages then they're on an even footing, and there's no reason to fire people.
You are wrong. Here in Portugal you can fire someone without reason - But if you do so you are obligated by law to pay a compensation in money. Let's say the contract of the fired worker had 2 years left to go - You have to pay those 2 years - But if the employer owns the company, you cannot in any way force him to not fire someone, and if you do he will just find an excuse.
(August 30, 2014 at 4:24 pm)Tobie Wrote: That's one of the reasons that the welfare state exists. If you are actively searching for jobs (and can prove that) but haven't got one, in the UK we have something called "job-seeker's allowance".
I dislike the term 'welfare' state, I prefer 'social' state, it sounds better - Welfare sounds like charity to me. That largely depends, here in portugal you have people receiving welfare who refuse to work, it goes both ways and the system always seems corrupted.
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I don't think what I said was wrong. When I said there's no reason to fire people, I meant there's no rationale to fire anyone, since all businesses have the same problem. Normally if you fire someone with no good reason, like discipline, then they have the choice of compensation or their job back. If he finds an excuse then there will be a tribunal to try the case.
