The worker-employer relationship is a contractual one. When an employee signs up, the employer gives the employee the terms (and in some cases, the employee can negotiate them).
When you start work with an employer, the employer tells you how much vacation you get, how many sick days you can claim without going on medical leave, what the maternity leave policy is of the company, what sort of insurance and other benefits (such as 401k matching contributions) you are entitled to. It also sets how much it will pay you.
In exchange, the employer expects that you will WORK. That's the whole point of getting paid and getting benefits. If some person (in this case the expectant father) doesn't take a sick day, doesn't warn the employer ahead of time of a situation at home and hasn't any leave left, he's supposed to be at work on time and performing as expected.
If the employee doesn't do that, I don't see why the employer has some moral duty NOT to fire the employee.
When you start work with an employer, the employer tells you how much vacation you get, how many sick days you can claim without going on medical leave, what the maternity leave policy is of the company, what sort of insurance and other benefits (such as 401k matching contributions) you are entitled to. It also sets how much it will pay you.
In exchange, the employer expects that you will WORK. That's the whole point of getting paid and getting benefits. If some person (in this case the expectant father) doesn't take a sick day, doesn't warn the employer ahead of time of a situation at home and hasn't any leave left, he's supposed to be at work on time and performing as expected.
If the employee doesn't do that, I don't see why the employer has some moral duty NOT to fire the employee.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Have you ever had to fire someone?
- 19/10/2009 03:34:57 PM
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ouch that's rough
- 19/10/2009 03:45:27 PM
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Yes. I still have my job.
- 19/10/2009 03:59:12 PM
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Re: Yes. I still have my job.
- 19/10/2009 06:03:40 PM
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Absolutely.
- 19/10/2009 06:06:05 PM
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...does that matter if he didn't do his job, and that had negative consequences for the company? *NM*
- 19/10/2009 06:28:03 PM
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As long as its ok for people to sack women who get pregnant
- 19/10/2009 07:59:58 PM
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Women who get pregnant and are using that as an excuse to not do their jobs? Sure.
- 19/10/2009 09:11:56 PM
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I'm with you...
- 19/10/2009 11:32:08 PM
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Thats not at all what I'm saying
- 20/10/2009 12:40:28 AM
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Can you work and give birth at the same time?
- 20/10/2009 12:27:45 AM
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I agree. Companies aren't charities.
- 19/10/2009 09:47:43 PM
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So you're against maternity pay?
- 20/10/2009 12:29:07 AM
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Where I work you have to use your sick leave and annual leave to cover maternity leave.
- 20/10/2009 01:26:34 AM
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Thats just one of the variations of maternity leave I was suggesting.
- 20/10/2009 01:50:11 PM
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That's why it's an employer and not a social worker...
- 20/10/2009 09:58:00 PM
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No, I never said anything of the sort
- 20/10/2009 03:14:07 PM
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It takes a special person to be a supervisor/manager.
- 20/10/2009 01:21:42 AM
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Did he deserve it???? good question.
- 20/10/2009 01:38:29 AM
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Did he try to transfer? Or did he procrastinate or blow off your suggestion?
- 21/10/2009 03:39:57 AM
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