Originally Posted by
moral_low_ground
My US colleague thinks the sort of labor laws BA takes advantage of actually helps job creation. His view is that the flexibility to easily hire and fire makes companies take on more people because getting rid of them is easy compared to Europe where it is not.
I can see that up to a point but I think the cost of getting rid of people should be much more closely tied to the companies ability to pay as well as decent notice periods/redundancy payments. BA should have given some prior warning and realize that their current profitability is down in part to those staff currently employed. Saying thank you is not enough.
It creates low unemployment but it also means companies can drive wages and employee rights down as there is always someone willing to undercut you, until they start the job at least. HK is a horrible place for the average working man/woman with long hours, poor salaries and no benefits.