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1. iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta: (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 01:47:45 JST iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta:

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   • [yaseenist] mia
   • Yaseen (1995); dir. Wes Anderson :agender_flag: :transgender_flag:
   @yassie_j @mia i am somewhat meh on this.
   
   at one point people were accepting timed contracts from boing and would protest when the contracts expired. boing would say that you already built the planes we sold to the government, we have no more orders for planes to build. the protesters would whine that they were accustomed to a certain income and didn't budget for downtime.
   
   as someone who has only ever done contract work this is exactly how it works for us. we only get paid when there is production to do, so long as there is production to be done, and people really kind of don't care about us outside of this exchange.
   
   there is a lot of weird stuff that has been done to the employer-employee relationship over the decades
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   • Yaseen (1995); dir. Wes Anderson :agender_flag: :transgender_flag: (yassie_j@0w0.is)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 01:47:46 JST Yaseen (1995); dir. Wes Anderson :agender_flag: :transgender_flag:

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     • [yaseenist] mia

     @icedquinn @mia I get Christmas and Boxing Day off in addition to my general leave allowance (yay), but employers with less scruples have the ability to close for both days and not pay their workers for the time off.

     It’s so strange to consider that public holidays don’t have to be paid in this country if your employer observes them.

     Or your employer can observe them, but then forced you to take the time off out of your general allowance.

   • iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta: (icedquinn@blob.cat)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 01:47:47 JST iced quinnsmas :blobcatsanta:

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     • [yaseenist] mia
     • Yaseen (1995); dir. Wes Anderson :agender_flag: :transgender_flag:
     @yassie_j @mia mandatory time off is one of those things that really makes you want to become an unhinged developer of particle excitation devices who lives in the woods.
   • Yaseen (1995); dir. Wes Anderson :agender_flag: :transgender_flag: (yassie_j@0w0.is)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 01:47:49 JST Yaseen (1995); dir. Wes Anderson :agender_flag: :transgender_flag:

     • [yaseenist] mia

     @mia there was a big deal in 2020 about the big supermarkets giving their workers Boxing Day off alongside traditional Christmas Day and closing on that day too. Like it was a big PR thing. Hooray!

     Except it turns out that this was actually just closing the stores and workers would either get it unpaid or they would have to take it out of their existing annual leave allowance, instead of it being granted to them.

     (for reference, places like Aldi and Lidl close on both Christmas and Boxing Days and do so in addition to existing annual leave)
     
     RE: https://void.rehab/notes/9nkbrhprb96ptfv5