Consider the scenario where an employee has to work late and then is carjacked by armed thugs in the company parking lot as he is leaving to go home. What about the rights of the employee to defend himself on company property? A number of people have been carjacked in affluent parts of the Phoenix suburbs in recent months.
Politely ask the employer for an exception. If the employer refuses, you can find another job.
Consider the scenario where you can't feed your kids on what an employer pays. Do you want the govt. to mandate a "living wage"?
Consider the scenario where the employer does not offer free health care? Do you want the govt. to mandate that ?
Consider the scenario where the employer does not offer free child care, or a 401 k, or flexible time off, or time off for kwanza ?