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> I personally can’t see a good reason why it should be illegal There is a big one: the employer/employee is not a balanced relationship, the employer clearly
by rakoo 4y ago
> I personally can’t see a good reason why it should be illegal
There is a big one: the employer/employee is not a balanced relationship, the employer clearly has more power over where things go. So it's absolutely normal to protect the employee from being asked too much, especially when said employee doesn't benefit from the overtime.
There is a big bias towards taking companies as important citizens whose needs must be catered for, but it's taking more and more importance when the actual citizens aren't listened to. It is important to put companies back to what they are: a social construct for exploiting people and make profit from their work.
- phpisthebest 4y ago> the employer/employee is not a balanced relationship Sure it is, they want my labor, I want to sell my labor. We agree on a price. If my price changes, or they are unwilling to buy it any more I find a new person to buy my labor. I was looking for a job when I found this one, and I will be looking again when I find my next one.
- yamtaddle 4y agoIt's typically held that the average employer being able to go without a worker in a given position much longer than the average worker can go without a job is what makes it uneven. Saying "no" is far riskier to one side than the other. There also tend to be large information imbalances, in practice.