If this ballot initiative passes, there will need to be people to enforce it. Every employee in Denver; full time, part time, temporary, you name it will be covered. Every employer will be required to maintain records of this time off program and have those records available for review for a period of 5 years. In the event that any employee claims that they were treated unfairly during a 90 day period following any time off, the employer will automatically be considered in violation and the burden of proof lies with the employer to prove his innocence.
Do you think there will be claims? You can count on it! When an employee is fired, does that person say, "I deserved to be fired"? When someone does not get a promotion they felt they should get, do they say, "I didn't deserve a promotion"? When someone gets demoted, do they say, "I should have been demoted"? Has anyone ever claimed the boss made them do this or that because the boss was mad at them? If any of these things happen within a 90 day window of time off, the employer will be held accountable.
There are about a million employees in Denver. Now, if this were to pass, we're going to ask a staff of 8 people to enforce it. That's right, 8 people. If you think the courts are backed up, wait and see how bogged down this system gets. I can imagine a system that takes years before a claim is dealt with.
And who are these 8 people? They are the 8 person staff of Denver's Agency for Human Rights and Community Relations. Their current duties include addressing issues on:
Older adults
Racial, ethnic and religious minorities
Women
People with disabilities
Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people
Immigrants and refugees
When are they going to find time to deal with this additional burden?
Obviously, it's an impossible task. Next, we'll be hearing how they need to increase staff, dramatically. And who gets to pay for all this? You and me!
Maybe we could ask the businesses of Denver to pay more taxes to have Big Brother watching over them.
In this economy, businesses are struggling already. Adding to the cost of doing business in Denver is only going to produce more unemployment, and more businesses leaving this community.
We need an initiative to solve problems, not create them!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
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What a ludicrous argument. If you can't manage to keep a log of when your employees took sick days, you shouldn't be running a business. It's called an Excel spreadsheet.
ReplyDeleteAnd what are you going on about with the "I deserved to be fired" nonsense? This initiative pertains only to sick days - stop with the red herrings. If you haven't denied your employees what hopefully become legally enshrined benefits, there won't be an issue for you.
I care more about the health of your employees than your profits. I'm voting YES.
I appreciate comments from "Anonymous". I wonder if "Anonymous" has bothered to read the initiative? More than likely, this person is either the creator of this piece of junk, or works for them. In either case, I stand behind my comments and so do people who have taken the time to read the initiative. Bad idea!
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