Re:DPD courier who was fined for day off to see doctor dies ...
by prepend on Tuesday February 06, 2018 @08:52AM
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Capitalism doesn’t require not incurring costs for benefits. I’m not sure what your point is.
Capitalism infers markets with competitors trying to maximize efficiencies.
The US, UPS is the largest and most profitable delivery service. And they have high benefit payouts and a strong employee union. They have higher costs and are more profitable than their closest competitor that uses contract labor. I think it’s overly simple to say capitalism says this is the way it should be. But it’s certainly not pushing UPS to cut employee benefits, mainly because employee benefits from-improved by those benefits- are a competitive advantage.
Yeah, DPD could raise their requirements (or the government could force them to) but they would have to raise their prices, and capitalism says they mustn't do that.
In the UK we've decided nobody should have to choose between seeing a doctor and paying their rent, hence Statutory Sick Pay. An employer can't fine you for sickness. Unfortunately DPD found a way around it with some legal fiction.