No, private employers do not have the right to set whatever rules they want. Nor should they. They pay you for 40 hours/week of your time. They have the absolute right to govern your behaviour during those 40 hours. But why do they have the right to set rules that govern the rest of your time? Is your employer allowed to fire you because you drive recklessly, drink heavily Saturday nights, like to go bungee jumping on vacation? I hope not, but by your logic, it seems like they should or do have this right, because these are all things that could impact your ability to do your job. If the set rules seem unfair or wrong to you, then don't work there. It's just that simple. No, it's not that simple. Industrial society has a long history of employers trying to force employees into unfair, even hazardous working conditions. And what complicates things here is that we live in a society where you pretty much have to have a job. So it is very necessary that government, labour unions, etc., work to limit what employers have the right to do. Think about this -- if an employer could get away with paying you nearly nothing and forcing you to work 90 hours/week, do you think they would? If not, then why are there so many North American corporations with factories in Central America, Asia, etc.? That's the definition of being an at-will employee -- you are employed there at your own will, you can leave when you want for whatever reason you want. Similarly, they can drop you whenever they want. I'm glad I don't live where you do. If my giant-corporation employer decides to drop me, they have to either provide a lot of documented specifics, or they have to give me severance and allow me to qualify for employment insurance. They can't just drop me whenever they want. And if I think I've been dropped unfairly, I have the right to sue them. An at-will employee does not have a guaranteed contract as far as term length or salary. Sounds like the NFL, huh? It certainly does, and the consensus around here seems to be that NFL's treatment of its players sucks.
If my giant-corporation employer decides to drop me, they have to either provide a lot of documented specifics, or they have to give me severance and allow me to qualify for employment insurance. They can't just drop me whenever they want. Layoffs.
C'mon - layoffs and employee rights are two very different things. Let's stay in the same arena here.
I'm not sure what arena we're in now. We're not even on topic of sports anymore.
This actually doesn't suprise me on bit. Ricky Williams is in his own little world and just maybe, he really doesn't even want to play in the NFL any longer. He's been given chance after chance and for whatever reason, he rather smoke the sticky stuff than make millions of dollars. I'm not knocking him for doing what he wants to do but if he played in the NFL and made those millions of dollars, after he's done playing he could buy all the weed he wants with those millions. Why not display those gifts and talent that he showed early in his career? The man is still young enough to succeed in the NFL if he were to just show a little willpower and stop smoking until he's done playing the game of football.
I'm not sure what arena we're in now. We're not even on topic of sports anymore. No shit, the thread is about a black man breaking laws/rules. You didn't actually expect to stay on the topic of sports did you? He's an idiot, gang color wearing, bling sporting, strip club going loser who should be shot by police for "reaching for his waistband". How dare he. There, we're back on topic. Note the post count.
No shit, the thread is about a black man breaking laws/rules.....He's an idiot, gang color wearing, bling sporting, strip club going loser who should be shot by police for "reaching for his waistband". ? Damn shame.
