In this list, various time problems that people have learned to live
with without really solving are sometimes mentioned, in order to put the
leap second problem into perspective. I would like to mention one more.
A company has its employees fill out a time sheet on a computer (or
equivalently, has a data entry employee enter the data into a computer
without training said data enterer with clear instructions). The company
has numerous government and company policies concerning hourly pay,
overtime, extra compensation for weekends and holidays. The employees
often travel and get involved in complex situation such as boarding a
plane in one time zone, work on the plane, and report to work at the
home office, all in a 24 hour period. The computer time entry programs
typically do not have a time zone field, and the employees are typically
given no instructions on how to record time worked in a different time
zone. In many cases this reflects an absence of company policy on work
in a different time zone.
I think this is also relevant to those of us who are approaching various
government-affiliated committees or study groups concerning leap
seconds. I think it would show a proper sense of perspective to see
whether government policies on overtime work properly address work in
multiple time zones, and petitioning the relevant government agencies
for correction of any deficiencies, before concerning ourselves with
leap seconds.
Gerry
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