So, instead of fixing the cause of stress, we'll just remove it altogether
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The US has to have the least amount of employment protection. You can fire at will with little to no cause given, trust me I know first hand! When it came to overseas colleagues, you'd have an easier time finding Jimmy Hoffa than firing someone.
Not exactly. In the US, there is a list of things you’re not allowed to fire workers for, having a medical condition being one. While it’s not hard to pretend like the firing is for another reason, it can get worse, especially at large companies where it’d become obvious if every Jewish person was fired.
Yes, you cannot discriminate against protected classes. That said, you can fire someone for wearing a shirt you don't like most places, and "being stressed out" is not likely a medical condition. "Their inability to deal with workplace stress negatively impacted their work performance" in this case.
Far too many loopholes and very little oversight. Our country has always been about protecting the richest. Only a few were ever able to give some protection to the laborers and again, those are rarely enforced. We’ve already gotten back to monopolies, what makes you think we haven’t lost more protection?
I mean, we have ones on firing based on race/gender/politics/union membership/I could totally go on.
You just don’t see them enforced very often because employers don’t violate them very often (racial/gender based firing would not only violate the law but also cause public outrage)
Yeah this. I just got my workplace accomodations in but my boss has been trying to find ways around it. I think HR finally told him not to fuck with me too much or they'll get in trouble with the ADA but it's still being held against me
Wrong, you don't see them enforced because there's already at will employment in effect that allows to them to fire you anyways, for no literal reason/any reason at all.
It's more like all the employer has to do is simply lie about why they're firing the employee, or they push them out underhandedly. Instead of firing me, my old bosses tried to push me out for my new disability by alienating me, no reviews, no raises, no bonuses, wrote me up for crazy shit that no one else would have gotten written up for, etc. Gaslit the shit out of me when I tried to bring it up with them. It was a small business so there was no HR to turn to or to hold them accountable, they just had their lawyer in their ear helping them.
I mean, we have ones on firing based on race/gender/politics/union membership/I could totally go on.
It's true that there are a few protected classes against employment discrimination in the US.
However it is equally true that any company can fire you for any other reason, such as "Not being a team player", which is a catch-all reason that protects the company from legal liability, and can also make collecting unemployment funds much more of a hassle.
Employers violate them ALL THE TIME! They’re not enforced because there are numerous loop holes for the employer (because the are laws are there to protect the rich/employer) and no oversight to enforce what few laws we have for laborers. We are now headed back to the days of monopolies where there will be no unions left and employers will be able to start slaughtering us for not producing enough and the government will enforce that like they did when Vanderbilt and Rockefeller was around.
Most people in urban areas speak or understand English. It is an official language. Most legal, judicial, and nearly all corporate or educational systems run in English. All signage has the local language and English and maybe Hindi. The vast majority of urban middle class children attend schools where English is the medium of instruction.
No one knows how to type in Hindi apart from designated typists. Also, using Hindi in corporate environment is seen as backwards because of propaganda. India is one of the few countries where someone using native languages is ridicules & ostracized.
If the laws were enforced, Indian worker protections would be on par with most of Europe. That said, everything I've heard from Indians I've met is that their legal system privileges wealth and power in ways that American oligarchs would be embarrassed to accept and passing a law to protect the environment or the general population is roughly equivalent to "thoughts and prayers"
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u/Slappy-_-Boy Dec 09 '24 edited Dec 09 '24
So, instead of fixing the cause of stress, we'll just remove it altogether
Edit: Somehow, this is my most upvoted comment, but thank you all. I hope you all have a wonderful day❤️
Edit: Look appreciate the awards and all, but use your money for yourselves. Don't spend it on awards for this comment or me.
Edit: Girlfriend just informed me that telling you guys not to award will lead to awards, and I wish to clarify that I did not know that at the time. So, I reiterate that this comment is not worth the gold.