Reply #103: Yes. All working people should just form a union, and work [View All]

to improve labor laws for everyone.

When I was growing up, it was generally expected that an employee would give two weeks notice before quitting a job. That should still be the norm. It is a courtesy that is due to an employer.

At the same time, an employer should not be permitted to fire an employee without either some sort of severance arrangement or good cause.

It is a terrible blemish on a workers' record and a disadvantage in getting another job when a worker is dismissed for no good reason. Prospective employers assume that no one loses his job unless he has done something wrong.

At will employment laws and arbitrary firings mean that many good workers have great difficulty finding employment. All you have to experience is a change of supervisor, say to a younger supervisor who wants to hire his own peers for your job -- and you are out and virtually unemployable. It's even worse if an honest employee is fired because he won't go along with the dishonest practices of the employer or if the employer is simply a very difficult personality and the employee is terminated because of the personality problems of the employer.