On: Tesla's mass firings spread to SolarCity

[MikeTheGreat]

I remember a while back some .com company laid off a bunch of their employees (more than 40%? 50%?). Firing that many people at once triggered a set of 'lay off' laws, which required certain behavior from the company (such as giving the employees X days notice, etc, etc).

This is pure speculation, but I wonder if Telsa is trying to do last-minute layoffs while avoiding whatever 'lay off laws' there are by claiming that each individual is totally being fired for totally legit individual reasons, for sure, yep.

[archildress → MikeTheGreat]

The provision you're referring to is called a WARN notice. Employers with 100 or more employees typically are required to give 60 days notice.

[gozur88 → MikeTheGreat]

Companies don't fire for cause very much. It's just asking for a wrongful termination lawsuit.

[sjg007 → MikeTheGreat]

The Department of Labor usually investigates these things.

[brewdad → sjg007]

This is not your father's Department of Labor. I see little chance that any enforcement will happen.