Re:An Employee Dies, and the Company Collects the Insurance
by thedufer on Monday June 23, 2014 @06:44PM
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I think the misunderstanding is that you're trying to say "hey, this bad thing is possible" but you're wording it in such a way that it sounds like you're saying "hey, this bad thing is happening" and tptacek is taking offense to that claim not coming with any evidence.
Re:An Employee Dies, and the Company Collects the Insurance
by opendais on Monday June 23, 2014 @07:00PM
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I was talking about incentives and I provided evidence for the one claim I made [that numerous companies already do the bare minimum].
So I'm just confused how he could read it that way. But alright, I guess it is on me to be clearer then. :P
1) A significant number of employers pay the bare minimum for worker safety [hence OSHA violations being relevant, such companies clearly exist and some miscalculate. I doubt these people are malicious, merely misjudged the minimum]
2) Life insurance policies being paid out on employees creates further incentive to do the bare minimum to comply with OSHA. In addition to not having to spend additional $$s on safety training & equipment, you now also have an investment vehicle to reinforce this behavior.
3) Many companies have more than 65% of their workforce [construction for instance] doing work in situations that require safety training & equipment. The limitation is based on a payroll %.
I'm confused why this requires spelling out this verbosely, but there it is.
Notice how at no point am I saying any of the stuff you are claiming I am?