>>And if you have some pending jobs?
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>Of course it won't help your career in the future to be so unprofessional and discourteous to an employer, but I don't see how the government can force you to stay and finish them or why you would want an employee finishing those jobs under that circumstance.
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>I just question the idea that professional behavior and common decency can be legislated. Of course everyone involved should have legal redress fro damages, but forcing somebody to work or forcing and employer to keep an employee who is unsatisfactory just doesn't seem like a good idea. Contract law can cover this kind of stuff, but "forbidding" certain behavior in this way seems an example of legislators being overly impressed with their power to mold human behavior.

Although, at least in the US, unions can force an employer to keep worthless employees. Also the government (at least state and federal) pretty much exclusively keeps worthless employees.

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>>>Sounds like a really good idea. I can't imagine what would be more fun than having your IT system (or Air traffic control or Accounting Department or ... ) being manned by a disgruntled employee held against their will who is ready to move on [bg]
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>>>Here, if you walked into the bosses office and said "I quit" security would escort you to clean out your desk and then out to your car.
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>>>>I don't know how the laws are in Ireland, but here an employee must remain at work for a period relative to the time he has been employed. It's illegal for him to leave before this period ends, unless he gets a mutual agreement with his boss to leave earlier.
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>>>>>Hi.
>>>>>One of our clients suspects that his IT person is about to leave and is concerned that
>>>>> he will be left vulnerable.
>>>>>The IT guy lookas after all Hardware, Email, Remote Comms etc.
>>>>>The Client wants a check list / Question and answer sheet as to the
>>>>> key bits of info that should be available, so that he can get
>>>>> this form IT guy before he leaves.
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>>>>>I would apprciate suggeastions of a Check List type document
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>Gerard