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		gpvos on Aug 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X ordered to pay €550k to Irish employee fired aft... Why would a company allow that, can't they put a limit on that themselves? All my employment contracts in the Netherlands had a clause about that.

solatic on Aug 18, 2024 [–]

Legacy mistakes from decades ago that cannot be fixed because the employment contracts are collective contracts signed with unions who refuse to introduce limits into new collective contracts.

gpvos on Aug 18, 2024 | [–]

Legacy legal mistakes, the worst kind.

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