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Two very interesting points.
the system only works, of course, where there are many jobs available
that's the problem we have in France, the demand and the offer do not match, there are bottlenecks on the job market which prevent a seamless confrontation of the offer and demand.
it makes it much easier for employers to treat employees as disposable commodities. Which is of course the real point of the plan. Employees will be much less likely to rock the boat or stand up for themselves while they're on probation.

My impression is that here in France many employers tend to think that employees should be grateful to have a job in the first place, and the balance of power is clearly in favour of the employers. As BritGuy rightly points out, the new law will only contribute to more imbalance at the employees' detriment.

When through hell, just keep going. W. Churchill
by Agnes a Paris on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 03:28:17 AM EST
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It is perhaps true that employees tend to rock the boat less when they are at risk of being terminated without cause, but on the other hand, there is pressure on employers to treat employees better in the hopes of keeping them from quitting.

Perhaps the amount of job turnover here in the U.S. is not apparent from the European viewpoint. Few people spend their entire careers at one company. Many people change jobs every two years, and I'm not talking about burger flippers but professionals, factory workers, etc. It would be interesting to try to find statistics on this...

by asdf on Tue Mar 7th, 2006 at 11:18:22 PM EST
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