2009/11/1 Mike Godwin <mnemonic(a)gmail.com>om>:
Thomas Dalton writes:
Perhaps this is a wrong-side-of-the-pond issue. In the UK if an
employer calls it redundancy when actually they
just want to replace
you they would get sued for wrongful dismissal in an instant.
In the U.S.A., employers operate under similar though not identical
constraints. This is true even when the employers are charities are
public-interest organizations.
Regarding calling it one thing when it is actually another, you may
well be right, however as I understand it there isn't any need in the
US (or at least in some states) to try and pretend it's a redundancy
because you don't need a reason to dismiss someone. In the UK you can
only fire someone if you have evidence of wrongdoing and have followed
all the appropriate procedures (verbal warnings, written warnings,
etc.).