And better yet, four weeks notice + 4 weeks savings.  Split the responsibility for redundancy between employer and employee.<p>I worked at one job where a guy was made redundant - for economic reasons, not incompetence - just two months after he started.  He&#x27;d moved to the area and literally got a mortgage that week, spending his savings on the deposit.  Without the notice period he&#x27;d have potentially faced economic ruin.<p>Ignoring the morals of it for the moment, even speaking economically it&#x27;s better for the country as a whole.  How many mortgages are defaulted on in redundancy situations?  The employee is bankrupted and defaults, the bank repossesses and sells the house at a loss (they generally go in quick auctions).  The company itself may benefit but the overall economic harm to the country is greater imo.<p>And that&#x27;s before you get to the compassionate side of things with people who can&#x27;t afford 4 weeks savings, ie. every minimum wage job in the country.