As usual, i agree.
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I missed the part where this would be a maximum allowed work week, perhaps > I'm misunderstanding things. > > I do believe that, in general, government should be setting minimums rather > than maximums. I believe in a minimum wage and other basic protections that > try and prevent a race to the bottom and establish a level playing field. > To that end, I think that there should be basics set that ensure some > standards around paid sick leave. It's important from a general welfare > point of view, in my opinion. I do not necessarily believe that that should > extend to vacation time because I don't see a compelling argument for a > minimum. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 12:32 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > i don't really want to discuss each of the various areas, but of course i > > think we should have some federal laws regulating work.....areas such as > > discrimination or child labor for instance. > > > > As to this particular area.....which would basically be a "maximum > allowed > > work week"...i see no need at all for a government regulation, do you? > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Do you think, then, that we should get rid of mandatory overtime for > > hourly > > > employee laws? What about other labor laws like non-discrimination > laws? > > I > > > have some ideas about where the line is for government intervention in > > the > > > employee/employer relationship is, but where does that line fall for > you > > > and why? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:17 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:363947 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
