thanks @looksfarwoman for your insightful comments. Must have been tough for your friend to be the one cleaning the ranks. Not familiar with UK labor laws but it sounds like much better than the US.
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thanks @looksfarwoman for your insightful comments. Must have been tough for your friend to be the one cleaning the ranks. Not familiar with UK labor laws but it sounds like much better than the US.
My friend managed to save a couple of jobs in the end, and managed to postpone the other lay off until after Christmas. We are very fortunate here in the UK, our employee rights are very fair, for the most part, and, although we have seen them somewhat eroded under our current government, we are still much more fortunate than our American friends.
I may be biased but I'm glad to be British; no guns, free healthcare, affordable medicine and great employment laws. I have many friends in the States, and love to visit regularly but I'm grateful for the benefits of being in the UK.
Finland is pretty similar to the UK. There is no such thing as medical bankruptcy for average income citizens here. The people who can get into trouble with their medical expenses tend to be heavily medicated pensioners whose excesses on reimbursements for medicine costs have been increased lately.