March 18, 2019
NYC to control Termination of Employees after big pay raise
Timothy Birdnow
One of the criticisms of raising the minimum wage is that it costs jobs. Employers will not retain a poor worker at the higher rate, but rather will terminate him or her and force other workers to take up the slack - or automate the job. Liberals are now catching on to that fact and have an answer; don't allow them to be fired in the first place!
Reason has the 411:
Yeah; people are fired FOR NO GOOD REASON after an employer took the time and spent the money to put them on the payroll - with the labyrinth of regulatory paperwork that entails. I always believe someone who is struggling to attain their G.E.D. at age thirty five.
The article puts its finger solidly on the root cause:
NYC also has a bill that would require businesses to lay off workers on a seniority basis and not a basis of productivity.
I hope New Yorkers enjoy their fifteen dollar Big Macs!
The article ends with:
Were that true! In fact New York pursues people who leave, demanding taxes from them sometimes a decade after they split. Rush Limbaugh often speaks about his own experience in leaving New York; for ten years they hounded him, claiming he still owed them taxes because they don't want people like Limbaugh in New York but still want his money. And showing a utility bill or whatnot was inadequate. Every year at tax time Limbaugh had a huge fight with the Big Apple. See this Bloomberg article to learn more about how Gotham stalks people like a bad Batman villain.
The reality is Blue State America is going to stiff you and you had better not leave or they'll come after you again. That's how liberals think.
So, if businesses leave but stay in business, say, reopen in New Jersey, the good city of New York will likely find a way to force their will on the now expatriated hamburger shuffler. Not even death will free you from the obligations they impose!
Does anyone really want to live in a world like that? Why would anybody vote for a Progressive?
One of the criticisms of raising the minimum wage is that it costs jobs. Employers will not retain a poor worker at the higher rate, but rather will terminate him or her and force other workers to take up the slack - or automate the job. Liberals are now catching on to that fact and have an answer; don't allow them to be fired in the first place!
Reason has the 411:
In recent years, the Big Apple's fast food industry has trailblazed for employee protections and higher wages, particularly as the driving force behind the "Fight for 15." It's a battle they won with the passage of New York's $15 minimum wage law. Now they're setting their sights on eliminating unfair firings.
"Workers have told me they've been fired for no reason at all," Democratic City Councilman Brad Lander, who introduced a bill to ban the practice in the fast food industry, told The Guardian. "Should employers have the right to fire people for any reason, including the most trivial reasons? Most people would say that's not a right people should have."
Proponents say that, in dismissing employees, fast-casual restauranteurs should need to show "just cause"—that is, proof of serious misconduct. But what compromises that misconduct is somewhat ambiguous. Under Lander's legislation, workers will be able to appeal firings via arbitration, a complaint to the Department of Consumer Affairs, or with a lawsuit.
"Workers have told me they've been fired for no reason at all," Democratic City Councilman Brad Lander, who introduced a bill to ban the practice in the fast food industry, told The Guardian. "Should employers have the right to fire people for any reason, including the most trivial reasons? Most people would say that's not a right people should have."
Proponents say that, in dismissing employees, fast-casual restauranteurs should need to show "just cause"—that is, proof of serious misconduct. But what compromises that misconduct is somewhat ambiguous. Under Lander's legislation, workers will be able to appeal firings via arbitration, a complaint to the Department of Consumer Affairs, or with a lawsuit.
Yeah; people are fired FOR NO GOOD REASON after an employer took the time and spent the money to put them on the payroll - with the labyrinth of regulatory paperwork that entails. I always believe someone who is struggling to attain their G.E.D. at age thirty five.
The article puts its finger solidly on the root cause:
Ironically, some of those terminations are likely the result of the movement's last legislative victory, with restaurants purging jobs in the wake of the city's minimum wage hike. Fifty-three percent of New York's "limited service" establishments—otherwise known as fast-casual spots—plan to eliminate positions this year in response to the wage increase, according to a survey by the New York Hospitality Alliance
NYC also has a bill that would require businesses to lay off workers on a seniority basis and not a basis of productivity.
I hope New Yorkers enjoy their fifteen dollar Big Macs!
The article ends with:
"It's not just this one statute," says Lotito. "It's the chorus of statutes. It's the message that's being sent, that we are more progressive than other cities—and if you don't like it, you can leave."
Were that true! In fact New York pursues people who leave, demanding taxes from them sometimes a decade after they split. Rush Limbaugh often speaks about his own experience in leaving New York; for ten years they hounded him, claiming he still owed them taxes because they don't want people like Limbaugh in New York but still want his money. And showing a utility bill or whatnot was inadequate. Every year at tax time Limbaugh had a huge fight with the Big Apple. See this Bloomberg article to learn more about how Gotham stalks people like a bad Batman villain.
The reality is Blue State America is going to stiff you and you had better not leave or they'll come after you again. That's how liberals think.
So, if businesses leave but stay in business, say, reopen in New Jersey, the good city of New York will likely find a way to force their will on the now expatriated hamburger shuffler. Not even death will free you from the obligations they impose!
Does anyone really want to live in a world like that? Why would anybody vote for a Progressive?
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