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> The question is, "Who should have to pay for [large amounts of] vacation time?" An utterly meaningless question. In your "modern" contracts-only world, it's
by brazzy 13y ago
> The question is, "Who should have to pay for [large amounts of] vacation time?"
An utterly meaningless question. In your "modern" contracts-only world, it's still the employers who pay for it, because the employees would earn the money for between-contracts "vacations" through sufficiently high contract rates.
> Also, I don't know if you've ever been involved with a small business before, but "can't afford it" in that context usually means "literally do not have that much money"
The technical term for a business incapable of paying its employees is "bankrupt". Keeping such a business running is, in many jurisdictions, a crime.
Not granting adequate time off is effectively the same as failing to pay wages, and a business that cannot do it needs to die sooner rather than later.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> The technical term for a business incapable of paying its employees is "bankrupt". No, its "insolvent". Insolvency can lead to bankruptcy, but they aren't the same thing. > Keeping such a business running is, in many jurisdictions, a crime. [citation needed]
- stusmith1977 13y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_insolvency_law#Unlawful_trading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_insolvency_law#U... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_while_insolvent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_while_insolvent
- dragonwriter 13y agoKeeping it running doesn't appear, in the UK, from the information you provide to be a crime unless it is done dishonestly to defraud creditors (fraudulent trading), and mere current inability to meet payments isn't enough. Lots of acts done with intent to defraud are criminal -- the fundamental wrong criminalized is fraud. Mere trading while insolvent, without dishonesty and intent to defraud, appears to be an unlawful-but-not-criminal act that results in personal civil liability for company debts. "Unlawful" and "criminal" are not the same thing.