As Big Tech employees get culled, their European colleagues get stronger labor laws and softer landings
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires US companies to give a 60-day notice period before dismissing an employee, which pushed Twitter to hold onto a portion of its workforce that it had initially laid off. But the WARN act does not guarantee a minimum base pay, said Freshfields' Mendel.
When Twitter's Spanish office dismissed 26 employees via a general email notice, Spain's Labor Minister Yolanda DiazIn Germany, employers have to make a severance offer that is attractive enough for the employee to accept it, according to Dr. Jordan. Twitter employees in Germany have also worked with the Verdi union to push Twitter into making a better severance offer,"Where employees in Europe are unionized — and social plans have been negotiated with trade unions — the severance packages can be significantly higher than these levels," Mendel told Insider.
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