Posted on 01/09/2015 8:35:13 AM PST by george76
I don’t think the bills “die” if just left on his desk, I think they automatically become law after a prescribed time period. If so, Obama can’t pull a “Dirty Harry” and just leave them on his desk.
Why is anyone in government setting a standard for the hours in a work week? That is between employers and employees to figure out in a free system.
They don’t mandate what benefits. They do mandate how they are applied.
I think that these are Federal Labor laws. They were the same in every state I worked in, in several different corporations. MA, CT, NH, NY, ME, RI.
Not when each hour brings with it more sick time, vacation time, uEI money and more Social security payments. The cosy for an employee is about 30% more than their salary.
Thank you both for your insights.
“Federal and state governments do not require employers to provide benefits regardless of employment status. You can offer benefits to certain employees and not others, but cannot break discrimination laws when doing so.”
“Federal laws do not address how many hours an employee must work to be a full-time employee. It leaves that decision to the employer. Some state laws, such as California, recognize employees who typically work at least 40 hours a week as full-time employees.”
from: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/labor-laws-fulltime-benefits-58883.html
The only “mandated benefits” that employers must provide (excluding Obamacare mandates) are:
“In addition to the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), most employers must provide employees with workers’ compensation and unemployment benefits.”
“Thinking large companies are going to continue offering retirement and others benefits when they don’t have to, then you are not aware of how these decisions are made in larger companies.”
Large companies offer those benefits because they need to offer them in order to attract qualified workers.
Or, at least, that always was the reason. It applies less and less with the glut of unemployed workers who will take nearly any work nowadays.
But of course.
The spineless Republicans (of which I am no longer a member, after cry baby was reelected) will never propose any conservative legislation that might actually pass.
Just like all their symbolic votes repealing Obamacare. When they actually have the House, Senate, and WH to do so - they’ll look the other way.
Traitors!
Exactly....
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