Re:Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks
by ajuc on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @06:22PM
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1. they shouldn't even have to work, they should be on a paid leave
2. if they want to work - they should have preferential treatment
3. even if they are not pregnant - their bathroom breaks or the ability to sit down shouldn't be limited by their employer
Reading about American work culture is uncanny. It's like people arguing about css-styling the NPE error stacktrace, and everybody just assumes the null dateOfBirth in the database and 5 levels of backend code without null checks is just how it has to be.
Re:Amazon refused to give pregnant workers bathroom breaks
by ChoGGi on Thursday September 10, 2026 @09:27AM
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> 3. even if they are not pregnant - their bathroom breaks or the ability to sit down shouldn't be limited by their employer
See most retail workers, and anyone behind a cash register.
Not everything needs to be a panacea to cover all edge cases
Legally a specific situation is often required
Imo it is a phony obligation to fragment people via feigned ignorance and willful ignorance, create liquidity of a sort in the litigation market making everyone fight the same fires over and over but that is currently how it works