[sys_64738]

It's the at-will employment where employer or employee can cancel the relationship without cause. In ENG you have crazy lengths of time to give notice like 2-3 months. Not a very pleasant experience for the employee. You also see attempts by European employers to AVOID taking on permanent workers. E.g. in ENG it used to be 2 years of contracting required a FTE contract but they'd cancel the contract three months shy. You also have terrible zero hours contracts in ENG.

[smartician]

What's ENG?

[romanhn]

England, I presume

[orsenthil]

I think, England.

[munk-a]

The UK (United Kingdom) I assume.

[GuB-42]

I think that many companies prefer to fire their employees immediately in exchange for money, typically what the employee would have been paid if he stayed for the notice time. It is expensive, but often better than dealing with a disgruntled employee for 2 months.