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Re:Engineer Says Software Firm Cut Her Maternity Leave Short... by PascLeRasc on Sunday November 03, 2019 @03:19PM (#21436306)
It is reasonable, but reasonable employers for the most part don't exist. That's why we have laws establishing a minimum wage, nondiscrimination, paying out PTO in California, and the FMLA act which gives us parental leave in the first place.
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Re:Engineer Says Software Firm Cut Her Maternity Leave Short... by artificialLimbs on Sunday November 03, 2019 @08:33PM (#21438215)
This sounds like you're suggesting no one had good wages, paid time off, etc... before these laws. Is that the case?
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Re:Engineer Says Software Firm Cut Her Maternity Leave Short... by gbear605 on Sunday November 03, 2019 @09:26PM (#21438492)
If you look at the late 1800s, you can see that that was the case
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