Work Reform

x4740N , in ‘Call the police, he’s on drugs': But the worker was dying from heatstroke.
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Reason number * I'm glad I don't live in america

uis ,
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These kind of news make even Russia look better than America.

dorythefish ,

Well, I've been in a situation where person had a stroke and everyone just assumed they were on drugs. Although the. ambulance have been called and not the police, but I still felt really bad for the person as everyone around them talked about how they went for a smoke not so long ago and definitely took something and were on drugs. And it was in Russia, so yeah, assholes can be found anywhere

RegalPotoo , in ‘Call the police, he’s on drugs': But the worker was dying from heatstroke.
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Imagine that you are right and a person is on drugs; what kind of inhumane psychopath do you have to be to see someone having a medical emergency - regardless of the cause - and think that the police are the best people to deal with the situation?

motor_spirit ,
PunnyName ,

Since we've killed most useful programs in the US, that's pretty much how it goes. I fucking hate this place.

Cosmonauticus ,

Middle to upper class white Anglo Saxton protestant?

jerkface ,
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You would only have to uncritically believe what you were told growing up by state PSAs, sitcoms, cartoons, teachers, librarians, medical professionals, therapists, other police officers, religious leaders, and probably your parents and grandparents. Every shadow you see on the cave wall tells you that the police are the answer to every problem.

orcrist , in Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

Wow, the yoga example in the article is exactly why noncompetes are terrible. For those who didn't read... A yoga studio owner didn't like it when former employees opened up their own yoga studio nearby. So she added noncompete clauses to future contracts. In other words, she's too inept to compete on delivering a quality product.

themeatbridge ,

In other words, she's too inept to compete on delivering a quality product.

That's why all non-compete contracts exist, and the same reason they should all be illegal.

If you spend time training someone, and they can turn around and go off on their own, what do you bring to the table? Why should they work for you, giving you the fruits of their labor in exchange for less pay? If you're worried about competition, don't train your competition. Do it better than they do. You aren't entitled to the value of a person's life just because you contributed to their expertise.

Anticorp ,

It makes some sense that if someone is going to invest time and money into training you to help them, they would not want you to immediately turn around and compete with them. So in that regard I understand it. But they're usually abusive contracts that last way too long, far beyond what is reasonable, and cover many activities outside of direct competition such as stating that you can't even accept another job in the same industry.

themeatbridge ,

A lot of abuses and anti-competitive practices make sense. It makes sense to buy your competitors, and pay off regulators. "Smart business" is almost always an attempt to leverage factors outside of normal competition. You don't win at capitalism by playing fair.

Badeendje ,
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Yeah so give them a contract with a minimum period and a penalty clause if you leave early.

fuckwit_mcbumcrumble ,

So we shouldn’t value teachers?

themeatbridge ,

Of course we should. Teaching should be a highly compensated profession, and taxes should pay for every penny. Education pays dividends for society as a whole.

But teachers are not entitled to the production of their students. They should not expect students to be indebted or repay the education.

Anticorp ,

Small government and free market!

Corigan , in Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

"Did the federal government make a change for the benefit of the people, and might be an inconvenience to business.... never fear there's a judge in Texas to stop it and later when it gets appealed to the supreme court overturned!"

Why do I feel like we are held hostage by judges lately? Aren't they supposed to be unbiased and apolitical. Seems to me they should lose their appointment if they can be shown to have political motivation/ baises

Zachariah ,
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actual activist judges

MelodiousFunk ,
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You know, the projection the wingnuts have been crowing about for decades.

blusterydayve26 ,

That’s specifically why the complaint was filed in Texas. Saner districts might’ve decided against the plaintiffs, like in California, where they’re unenforceable, IIRC.

PostnataleAbtreibung , in Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

I actually like noncompetes. Your company has to compensate you full salary and educational courses including travel costs for the time of this noncompete agreement, which is actually quite nice.

Edit: of course that is the rule in Europe. I don’t know about the situation in pro work slavery us.

seang96 ,

Its non compete but without any benefit to the employee.

fmstrat ,

To be more specific than the other responder, a noncompete does not include training. You could hire a senior staff member who is already experienced and include a noncompete. There is very little regulation. If it was tied to training for a set time, it makes sense. Unfortunately in the US, it usually doesn't.

jo3shmoo ,

If it worked that way in the US then that would be sensibly pro-worker while allowing the existing employer to defend their intellectual property and investments in employees.

The reality is I have a 2 year noncompete that simply prevents me from working for competitors within 50 miles of any of my job sites unless I want to open myself up to a lawsuit. If I left today, I'd have to travel way further to get to an acceptable location, but would certainly not be receiving any compensation for that hassle from my previous employer. The elimination of noncompetes would be a huge boon to me and my colleagues, but this sort of court shenanigans is why I said I'd wait to be excited until it actually took effect.

phoneymouse ,

This is about the US, but you knew that before you made your comment

timewarp , in Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes
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How does this even work? How is a District Court judge in another state allowed to stop something before it is heard by a higher court? Do all federal judges have more power than the President?

jeffw OP ,
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Any federal judge can impact a federal action. Courts interpret actions (usually laws) from the other branches. A bad ruling will be overturned by an appellate court, which in turn could be overturned by SCOTUS

Audacious , in Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

Can't have anything nice, can we? And why are the courts so corrupt? Because they are appointed by politicians?

jeffw OP ,
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Because they’re appointed by conservative politicians

otp , in Why work four days a week when you can work six? Greece gives it a shot.

At least it's not 7! /s

mydude , in Why work four days a week when you can work six? Greece gives it a shot.

This is not the way...

jeffw OP ,
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Just to be clear, I didn’t mean to insinuate that. Posting this more as a “look how shitty our world is” than a “yay, good reforms!” kinda post.

mydude ,

Yep, I was just doing a starwars quote, kinda..

Badeendje , in Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs? -- spoilers: better employment laws
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Because Americans let themselves be fooled by branding obvious anti labor laws 'at will employment'.

The fact you have a required notice period in both directions makes sense. And the bar for firing someone should be structural provable documented underperformance and several plans for remediation by the employer.

People should not be disposable assets.

Human resources says it all. And nowadays HR people are also labelled HR Business partner. So the mask is fully off now. Just in time for structural labor shortages and recruiting problems.

Pogogunner , in Why work four days a week when you can work six? Greece gives it a shot.

Shortage of skilled workers? Better drive them off even harder, I guess

Rentlar , in Why are Japanese developers not undergoing mass layoffs? -- spoilers: better employment laws

Yeah, if one person is fired from the company the default thought in Japan is that person must have done something very wrong to even get to that place, as it's quite rare for fulltime salaried employees.

If a group of people are laid off, in Japanese culture that reflects very poorly on the company, suggesting that management was irresponsible to lead the company into this situation.

KevonLooney ,

If a group of people are laid off, in Japanese culture that reflects very poorly on the company, suggesting that management was irresponsible to lead the company into this situation.

I mean, that's the actual truth. All these tech layoffs are just happening because Executive Leadership Teams copy each other. A few years ago they were all hiring at the same time too.

You should hire when others are firing so you get the best employees. You should hold off on hiring when everyone else is hiring, so you don't overpay. It's pretty simple.

ohlaph ,

Exactly. We need better laws here in the states. My company has had three layoffs and another is around the corner, in just two years. Yet, they keep acquiring other companies.

grue ,

Yet, they keep acquiring other companies.

We need better laws, but we also really, really need to start enforcing the antitrust laws we already have again.

kerrigan778 , in Saw this and thought it was fake until I googled. It's real.

Fuck Chick-fil-A aside, I have no problem with kids having an experience where they learn to respect the work that goes into stereotypically "unskilled" labor.

avidamoeba , in Why work four days a week when you can work six? Greece gives it a shot.
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I recently read that Kyriakos Mitsotakis has done quite a bit of damage to Greek labor over the years. I don't see this ending positively long term.

uriel238 , in Universal basic income is 'straight out of the Karl Marx playbook,' financial guru Dave Ramsey says
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So when I criticize Trump and MAGAs respond ORANGE MAN BAD they're asserting I have a bias so its not enough to just dislike Trump. I have to point out his behaviors, his characteristics, his policy decisions that drive my revulsion and public revulsion.

So when an alleged economics expert like Dave Ramsey says bearded man bad he needs to elaborate what specific notion of beard he doesn't like, or why he's wary of it. Otherwise we can just assume he's being partisan like a belligerent Dodgers fan.

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