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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by rdlecler1 on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:12PM (#19091050)
Someone running a small business is usually most concerned about survival, not individuality. And if you think small businesses first priority should be substantial organizational preparation and planning then it's clear you've never tried to start a company. The main focus for most entrepreneurs is survival in face of the market. Fail at that and you are doomed to fail. I'm both a parent and a small business owner and I think 1-year parental leave is ridiculous.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by wolco on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:13PM (#19092380)
You run a business an employee can quit with 2 weeks notice. If preparing for that requires substantial organization preparation you will be doomed to fail. Parental leave gives you months of notice time with periods of overlay where training could happen. It should be easier.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by adamsea on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @07:08PM (#19091416)
If the law applys to everyone then wouldn’t that one particular part of the playing field be even?
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by barry-cotter on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @09:23PM (#19092158)
It’s a fixed cost. The greater your resources the less it matters. So like every other fixed cost it makes things harder for all companies but it’s much easier for large companies to deal with. Like how GPDR is great for Google.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by lliamander on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:10PM (#19091779)
That just means that more businesses fail that could have otherwise succeeded.
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Re:Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backtracks on one-year ... by bobthepanda on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:35PM (#19091909)
You could say the same thing about minimum wage, safety and environmental regulations, child labor laws, workers taking weekends, etc.

At some point, as a society we set a minimum bar on what kind of successful businesses we want to employ people. What that minimum bar is can be debated, but "more businesses will fail" is not exactly a straightforward indicator of the value of a regulation.

Plus, certain types of labor laws, particularly those around leave, only apply to businesses above a certain size.

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