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There is no end to such a line of logic though, except that they can demand anything they want - so long as it can be argued to decrease productivity. You reall

There is no end to such a line of logic though, except that they can demand anything they want - so long as it can be argued to decrease productivity. You really want that? That maternity leave... I wonder how much work gets done.

bluGill 5y ago
> There is no end to such a line of logic though, except that they can demand anything they want - so long as it can be argued to decrease productivity We carefully place limits for things like race. However those are narrow things. > That maternity leave... I wonder how much work gets done. That is one reason companies don't mandate everything (although it is mandated): companies with good maternity leave policies are more attractive to potential employees. This is more valuable than the time lost.
- sennight 5y ago
  > We carefully place limits for things like race. Oof, that isn't even close to what the civil rights act was designed to address. Conflating this with that would not go the way you'd likely want. > This is more valuable than the time lost. Something so true that it has to be compelled by law!
  - bluGill 5y ago
    > Something so true that it has to be compelled by law! Just because it is compelled by law doesn't mean it has to be. My company gives me paternity leave which isn't compelled by law, so I'm sure they would give maternity leave even without the law.
nisegami 5y ago
If the people of a country see something as being worth the lost productivity (maternity leave for example), the correct way to handle it would be to legislate it. I agree with sibling commenter that there is an incentive in attracting a wider range of employees for offering benefits that aren't required by law, but I think it's not really enough given the power difference between employees and employers. Of course, legislative solutions are increasingly impossible in some parts of the world. This is the reason we're relying on companies to make this call.

bluGill 5y ago

> There is no end to such a line of logic though, except that they can demand anything they want - so long as it can be argued to decrease productivity We carefully place limits for things like race. However those are narrow things. > That maternity leave... I wonder how much work gets done. That is one reason companies don't mandate everything (although it is mandated): companies with good maternity leave policies are more attractive to potential employees. This is more valuable than the time lost.

sennight 5y ago
> We carefully place limits for things like race. Oof, that isn't even close to what the civil rights act was designed to address. Conflating this with that would not go the way you'd likely want. > This is more valuable than the time lost. Something so true that it has to be compelled by law!
- bluGill 5y ago
  > Something so true that it has to be compelled by law! Just because it is compelled by law doesn't mean it has to be. My company gives me paternity leave which isn't compelled by law, so I'm sure they would give maternity leave even without the law.

nisegami 5y ago

If the people of a country see something as being worth the lost productivity (maternity leave for example), the correct way to handle it would be to legislate it. I agree with sibling commenter that there is an incentive in attracting a wider range of employees for offering benefits that aren't required by law, but I think it's not really enough given the power difference between employees and employers. Of course, legislative solutions are increasingly impossible in some parts of the world. This is the reason we're relying on companies to make this call.