Canada Mildly Improves Workers' Tights, Bosses Throw Shitfit

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A spectre is haunting the bosses: the spectre of Treating People Marginally Better.

The Canadian government passed legislation this year, in several different bills, taking effect this week, that marginally improved worker rights:

  • schedules now have to be announced at least 4 days in advance, at a minimum
  • rest period between shifts is now a minimum of 8 hours
  • Overtime is no longer mandatory
  • workers are now entitled to three weeks of vacation after five years
  • workers are now entitled to a minimum of five unpaid personal days per annum
  • First Nations workers are entitled to five unpaid days per annum to attend traditional ceremonies

Shane Todd and the bosses are NOT happy

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“Nasty surprise?”

Only if you ignore the studies showing (surprise!) well-rested people are better workers, and that countries with more leave time have better economies.

But, you know, fuck the facts of they don’t support tradition.

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Canada Mildly Improves Workers’ Tights

I generally only wear tights when skiing, so I guess I’m going to have to wait until winter to see the benefits.

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I hope this also applies to pilots (re the recent story I assume everybody saw about the near-disaster at SFO in 2017).

EDIT changed LAX to SFO

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That took effect last December:

https://www.canada.ca/en/transport-canada/news/2018/12/overview-of-the-new-regulations-on-flight-crew-fatigue-management.html

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Not to change the subject too much, but I try to avoid NP/FP in general, as it tends to the regressive…

I doubt he would have raised a peep if five men had been selected.

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Um…the topic name reads “Workers’ Tights”…is it just Canadians who perform ballet, Mel Brooks movies about Robin Hood, et al?

Frankly, it doesn’t seem to matter what improves for workers - the bosses don’t seem to like happy workers, and that’s a whole 'nuther topic.

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They always insist fewer hours = less work done and therefore more costs, and yet somehow it’s never true.

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I think “tights” is right but the bosses were actually throwing a Suitfit. It’s a kind of suarez for tailors.

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