>>>>>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.
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>>>As I wrote in another message, these laws are rarely used. And since everyone knows about these laws, it's really no problem. If someone suddenly just walks out the door, the boss most likely does not want to see the person anymore also. But, if this person has some responsibilities or pending work, he may be required to findish the work in such a way that someone else can take over. If the person refuses, he risks being sued and may end up paying for all the damages he has caused and more. Again, this rarely happens.
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>>Actually that's pretty much the way it is here - especialy the part about "he risks being sued and may end up paying for all the damages he has caused and more". I thought yo meant is was a matter of criminal law that you couldn't leave the job as opposed to contract law.
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>Exactly, it's not a crime as such, but it's a breach of contract. In Norway it's illegal to hire people without giving them a contract, and in this contract these matters must be written down. The "work environment law" has quite a lot of stuff which must be included in these contracts, and be signed by both parties.

Ah, I see. That sounds like pretty good legislation then. I can see where that would make arbitrating disputes a lot fairer and prevent a lot of bad behavior in advance, since, as you say, everyone would be clear about the rules.