between the parties would address these attendance and leave policies by creating “voluntary assigned days off,” granting one additional paid day off, allowing workers to attend medical appointments without penalty, and creating exemptions from attendance policies for hospitalizations and surgeries.It should not be controversial to say it, but: People should have sick leave so they do not have to come to work when they get sick.
The kind of point-based attendance systems that railroads employ can still be consideredif workers lose points for taking leave that is legally protected, such as for absences guaranteed by the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or state or local sick-leave laws. Apart from questions of legality, it is grossly irresponsible to punish people for unexpected illnesses ever, and especially during a pandemic.
JoshMankiewicz Railroads appear stuck in the 1800's.
Restaurants don’t allow it either… And those folks touch all of your food.
how much $ do the CEOs make?
Yes, we should shame corporations for extracting increasingly inhumane profits out of labor. But our economic model demands unsustainable year-over-year growth. If we want private practices to match social values, we have to measure and reward that. EconCommonGood
They are so short-staffed that employee doctor appoints would stop the trains?
It’s called a union!
Not figuring out such a simple concept of seeing a doctor? That's call corporate greed..
It is implausible that the entire fucking country could not figure out, before now, that workers with healthcare are healthier, better, and more reliable workers. Damn near every other country has figured it out.
They could. These corporations take extreme pleasure in dehumanizing humans.