I have a friend who was terminated without any explanations from his company. But then, he had signed a contract that a company can terminate h anytime based on their discretion. I advised him to consult a lawyer about it. At the back my mind, he cannot appeal with this concern because he signed a black-and-white contract that states they can fire him anytime. The sad part is that he was not given the reason why.
Be Terminated Upon Company's Discretion
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Top. management employees can be dispensed off immediately by mere reason. of trust and confidence issue. Rank and file cannot be terminated immediately without just reason but is given 15 days notice. I. don't think the contract is valid if it does not conform with general rule. He must consult the. department of labor and employment.
What your friend experienced is common phenomenon that happen to every workers in establishments. Take for instance in sole proprietorship business the owner feels he can employ and fires worker at will. The same thing applies in corporate organizations, it is only workers in the executive position that are terminated following official procedures.
Here, a company can terminate the employment of a staff without giving any reason as long as it gives enough notice or pays the appropriate compensation as stipulated in the employment contract.
I don't think that any registered company is going to terminate any of their staff without any explanation or reason for it, otherwise the staff can actually sue them for breach of contract.
This is exactly how it works in most company and the company will be very stupid to actually terminate a worker without paying him or her compensation, otherwise it's going to result into a very serious legal battle.
The truth is that when a particular organization or person knows that you know your right, they won't mess with you. No job or organization has ever tried this with me.
I believe that whenever a staff is been terminated, there is always a good reason to it and it's always to the betterment of the company to begin with.
It is wrong to terminate a staff's employment without prior notice unless you are going to pay him a proper compensation to cushion the financial effects of the staff. That's why the appointment letter should contain terms of termination of employment.
That's why it's necessary to read and understand terms and condition before entering into a job , at that point when applying for the position he may choose not to sign and then still be considered for the role.
If the company made him sign a contract that allows the company to terminate him at any time without offering any reason, then the company is safe in a legal manner.
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This is also what I had said to him. I just felt bad that there are some companies who do this. They took advantage the situations especially during the pandemic. I hope he can find a suitable company for him.
That's true, it's very sad, I have no respect for a company like that. Because it is very inhuman to fire employees without any reason. But it is also a valuable lesson for us to read carefully before signing the contract.
Well said, humans tend to want to dominate, its kind of like our nature. So for most when they see someone they feel they can boss around or bully they tend to go for it. But once they see that you know your rights and you are not afraid to use it. They would stay clear.
I have been in situations when I don't know what to do in the workplace when I was starting out. You have to see how I was ridden over and molested. As I grew and they realized that I know my left from right, they started respecting me a whole lot.
This is not strange for someone who is just starting up because it is bound to happen.
