I agree there is the potential for consideration. Yes, general welfare of the public is an issue. But working 50 hours vs. 40 hours some weeks? That's not going to destroy the fabric of our society or wreck someone's life.
If it were a serious and true problem....then yeah, gov. should step in...but does anyone here really think we have a problem with this in America? There are weeks where I gladly work over 40 because I'm dedicated to doing my job as necessary. I should answer to my clients, my employer, and my own standards.....not to a government mandated limit. On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > You could also make the same argument against Labor Laws, and probably get > as far. > > Actually the government does have an interest here, even at the most > superficial level, after all was the phrase "promote the general welfare" > in the Constitution's premumble applicable? > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:01 PM, 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:363932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
