I'm not aware of the government mandating weekly work hours for private companies???
I think there are some laws that govern children......but that's it. Are you talking about federal employees? On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > > Devils advocate here, G...if government should not mandate vacation terms, > what is the rationale for letting them mandate working hours? What is the > fundamental difference between weekly hour limits, sick leave, and > vacation? > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:01 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Government has no place telling companies how much vacation time they > have > > to allow people. > > > > Maternity leave is a different story altogether...as it's certainly no > > vacation! In the US, companies are required by law to allow a woman to > take > > up to 12 weeks of leave (the leave can be unpaid, however) with the > > guarantee that she will not lose her job. > > > > While I am ALL for more vacation, I don't see a reason for it to be > > government mandated. People who think they are "overworked" because they > > sit in an office for 40 hours a week, should follow around a stay-at-home > > mom or dad with 3 young children some time....THAT my friends is what it > > means to be "overworked". > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I think it is better when it is mandated. Especially maternity leave. > > > > > > The entire society benefits in the long run when people are not > > overworked, > > > and when children have their mother around early in their life. > > > > > > But yes, profit in the short term will suffer slightly. Instead of > making > > > 20 billion the company may make 19.75 billion, which would be > > unacceptable > > > to some shareholders. > > > > > > Those companies are noted in the US because they are very much > exceptions > > > to the rule. > > > > > > Trinidad has about 2 weeks, and we have about 16 public holidays ;-D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
