Assembly Bill 2751, introduced by Asm. Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) on Monday, would guarantee workers in the Golden State the ability to have uninterrupted personal and family time by giving them the ability to disengage from emails, texts and calls during non-work hours.
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THAT WILL SURELY HELP THE NOW UNEMPLOYED FASTFOOD WORKERS.
ReplyDeleteBeing 'disconnected' of course is nothing new to Kalifornia's 'leaders'. They have not been connected to the REAL world for years.
Yeah, employers are always trying some shady shit. Just this week, my daughter, working for a subsidiary of American Airlines, didn't get THIS weeks schedule until Monday afternoon. And was then told: Yeah, we told you when you hired on that you could trade shifts, but you're not allowed to until you've been here for six months. Oh, and no sick leave either.
ReplyDeleteSo now she has to choose between missing state JROTC competition and the JROTC ball, or keeping the job. Nevermind that she'd getting married in 3 months, and according to that she won't be able to take time off to go to her own wedding.
IDK what it is with employers trying to pull that shit. They flew her to Texas (and back every weekend) for four weeks of training, and now they want to pull that shit? That really doesn't seem like a winning hand to me, that's a hell of a sunk cost for an employee that will now tell them to get fucked.
Not to mention the store that wanted my wife to COME IN TO THE STORE every fuckin' day to check the written schedule for changes. Wouldn't call her, text, or communicate about changes any other way. Lunacy. WTF is wrong with people? (Not to mention that's a labor law violation, if I have to come in to work then you have to pay me!)
John G
I was HR and did labor relations: one of the things you quickly learn in HR is that a lot of management don't give good goddamn about the rules. I actually like the Union who would give me a heads-up about this kind of nonsense, so I could go and jerk that manager's chain...hard. If not for the union rep, I would never hear about problems like this.
DeleteAlong those lines, I once had a boss that told a coworker that he couldn't have his requested time off when he had to go to his National Guard weekend. The coworker called HR, who flipped out and explained things to the boss.
DeleteOk, doesn't sound good but what do I know
ReplyDeleteI take a rotation ad the on call tech at my job. If I am not the on call tech, I will not take texts, or emails from my employer. I might answer a question if I see it. I am not coming in for free, I do not owe them an intellectual product for free either. I have not had an employee who tried to blur the line, if I get a work call while on call it is 2 hours minimum for me to answer the phone. this ensures that I don't get accidentally contacted on my time.
ReplyDeleteMore people need to establish these boundaries with their employer, and hold them to it, or find a niche where this is the rule, not the exception.
Who the hell answers texts, emails or calls from their job when they're off anyway.
ReplyDeleteFuck 'em. If I'm off, they can go pound sand up their ass. Busted my ass too many times for companies by going the extra mile just to get shit on.
Nope-nope...wrong person, wrong time for that shit.
So you interview and say you cannot call me after hours. Probably will not get hired if they need to call for shift replacements. They going to come up with some super secret paperwork that says you cannot call me.
ReplyDeleteHilarious that this is even a question. If you're not paying the person to work, you have no right to expect them to work. And if you attempt to penalize someone for not working when they're not being paid, you're a fool, and you deserve a guillotine.
ReplyDeleteIt's called an on/off button.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Newsom should be disconnected from his job with extreme prejudice.
ReplyDeleteThe young guys are the ones this is for. Us old farts know how to tell the boss "no". Not blaming them, they all have car and house payments and stress about losing the job. Hell, I never worried, boss needed me more than I needed him.
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People have always had that right. Including in Kali. If the company/employer isn't paying you to be available when you aren't at work they have absolutely zero rights to expect you to answer your phone or do anything else. This Is just more touch feely BS legislation to fool the stupid and gullible into believing the legislature cares about them.
ReplyDeleteI was on call my entire professional life, over 40 years. And, yes, I was called regularly. And, I was required to do tasks that clearly required me to work outside of what would be called normal hours. I did it. I hardly ever complained. And, I got shit on. I was too close to it at the time to realize how bad it was. On the other hand, I got to solve some really cool problems and I was able to mentor many young developers who told me to my face that I was instrumental in their professional growth. I am happy with my choices. I ended up in a place that meets all of my requirements for a happy life.
ReplyDeleteI stopped that shit decades ago, by insisting on going in to check email; but with the caveat that my manager had to be there to..
ReplyDeleteManage.
My "disconnect" is not answering my phone if I don't want to be bothered, unless I'm getting paid I will decide if I will answer
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