get a drink of
water or use the restroom from my former employer. This issue was one that was not
part of my state complaint because I did not see any regulations in state law, but I
Labor Abuses Need to End with Changes to Law
I have had a weird experience with my former employer who flouted so many labor law
regulations during my tenure before I was laid off in her process to relocate to Texas
where the land is affordable, and the labor regulations are paper thin.
One of the issues is dealing with the policy where you need to clock out to get a drink of
water or use the restroom from my former employer. This issue was one that was not
part of my state complaint because I did not see any regulations in state law, but I
realized that there was relevance in federal regulations in the Fair Labor Standards Act
where it applied that breaks under 20 minutes are paid.
There is a case that was dealt with in 2017 called Acosta versus American Future
Systems which had a similar situation where they allowed for unpaid flex time for
employees to use the restroom, get a drink of water or have a smoke. If an employee is
abusing the regulations of the FLSA where restroom breaks that should take three
minutes end up being sixteen minutes or the water breaks are too frequent, then an
employer should discipline or terminate the employee instead of denying the lost time
that the employee is clocking out for. The case made it where policies American Future
Systems used were illegal contrary to FLSA rules.
The tragedy was that our Supreme Court of the United States denied the request to hear
this case nationwide in May of 2018, but they let the decision stand for the local circuit.
I appreciate employers who allow for reasonable restroom breaks once or twice a day
separate from the paid breaks California requires, but not all employers are sensible
creatures. This leads to the case of the need for regulation.
I am thinking that the Federal Department of Labor blew me off because I am not a
resident of the states that are part of the third judicial circuit where the decision is moot
where I live. However, I do not have the money to bring a case all the way to the ninth
circuit. So, I am looking for one of our Democratic Party members of congress in
California to carry a bill to codify the decision from the third circuit nationwide.
GOP is to blame for removing some of the regulations that is here to protect us like global warming. Its not the same as it was back in the 70;s and 80's. I warned people, but some did not listen to me. So now some will pay for their mistakes. .
plt wrote to MATTHEW MUNSON <=-
I feel that the Democratic Party members of congress do a better job
then the GOP.
we dont even have reliable weather data going back far enough to understand what the planets temp should be.
we dont even have reliable weather data going back far enough to understand what the planets temp should be.
Yes, we do. Enough samples and cores from rocks and ice give a great picture of global temperatures over eons.
MRO wrote to plt <=-
Re: Labor Abuses Need to End
By: plt to MATTHEW MUNSON on Thu Aug 26 2021 11:48 pm
GOP is to blame for removing some of the regulations that is here to protect us like global warming. Its not the same as it
was back in the 70;s and 80's. I warned people, but some did not listen to me. So now some will pay for their mistakes. .
global warming is part of the planet's cycles.
we dont even have reliable weather data going back far enough to understand what the planets temp should be.
MRO wrote to DaiTengu <=-
we dont even have reliable weather data going back far enough to understand what the planets temp should be.
Yes, we do. Enough samples and cores from rocks and ice give a great picture of global temperatures over eons.
nope!
we cant even dig that fucking deep.
our most reliable weather data are records from people. (and it's
not too reliable)
you can only tell so much from rocks and surface snow.
you cant get a chunk of ice and tell how the global temps were.
you just know how it was right there, and maybe your scientist
makes a correct guess about it.
our scientists are a bunch of clowns.
global warming is part of the planet's cycles.
we dont even have reliable weather data going back far enough to understand what the planets temp should be.
That is false information that the GOP continue to spread.
Gamgee wrote to MRO <=-
MRO wrote to DaiTengu <=-
we dont even have reliable weather data going back far enough to understand what the planets temp should be.
Yes, we do. Enough samples and cores from rocks and ice give a great picture of global temperatures over eons.
nope!
we cant even dig that fucking deep.
our most reliable weather data are records from people. (and it's
not too reliable)
you can only tell so much from rocks and surface snow.
you cant get a chunk of ice and tell how the global temps were.
you just know how it was right there, and maybe your scientist
makes a correct guess about it.
our scientists are a bunch of clowns.
Seriously, at what grade level of elementary school did you drop out?
Talk about a clown. Go play in traffic.
They are right. The temperatures and weather conditions now is a lot different
then it was back in the 70's and 80's. It's here and we have to change before it's to late. Waiting is not a option.
Dumas Walker wrote to PLT <=-different
They are right. The temperatures and weather conditions now is a lot
then it was back in the 70's and 80's. It's here and we have to changeefore
it's to late. Waiting is not a option.
Where? A lot of people around here claim that things are different, by their recollection, but I don't remember it being cooler during the
summer back then. It seemed pretty darn hot then, too.
We also had snow-storms back then, but not every year, just like now.
We also had snow-storms back then, but not every year, just like now.
Sorry, I do not agree. How are you comming up with that?
We also had snow-storms back then, but not every year, just like now.
Sorry, I do not agree. How are you comming up with that?
Because I lived through them, from the big ones in 1977-79 through the last one a couple of Winters ago. We have not had them every year in my
location in my lifetime (50+ years). Some Winters we might actually get 2 or even 3, but there will be other Winters where we
get
snow but never enough to call it a "storm."
In the past 12 years, we've had at least 2 summers where the official temperature never hit 90F (once, sometime since 2010) or
only
did once
(2009). I don't remember that EVER happening when I was younger. I remember having weeks at a time where it was 90F+ every
afternoon.
So, when someone my age or older claims it is "hotter than it's ever been" simply based on their personal experience, I wonder
if
they were in a coma
for several years during the 1980s, 90s, 2000s.
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