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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (741237)	9/23/2013 5:03:49 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1577462

>How does your dad's employer "get away with it"? 1. Through operating in a "right to work" state where, really, the state doesn't give a crap. 2. Maintaining a winding, shifting network of contractors and subcontractors. Technically, my dad doesn't even work for the corporation he services. Instead, he works for the biggest staffing firm in the country. 3. Not paying enough so that an employee has the income to hire a lawyer or the security to go a few weeks, months, or years without working. 4. Making it totally clear that if they get a hint that you'll complain, they'll fire you. You don't want to work the unpaid overtime? Fine. We'll find someone who will and won't complain about it. Economic insecurity is a feature, not a bug of the system. An employee having no recourse is a GREAT thing for big business. Alan Greenspan said in 1997 that job insecurity keeps inflation low. And given that he thought his #1 job as Fed chairman was to keep inflation low, well, that was good to him. Those at the top will do ANYTHING to make sure labor has no power. And why wouldn't they? -Z

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (741237)	9/23/2013 6:31:05 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577462

Right. You get a lawyer and sue. Intel then fires you, who would keep an employee who is suing? It is tough finding another job, would you hire someone who is suing their employer? Intel's lawyers drag things out, these sort of things can drag on for years. Unemployment runs out. You are chewing through your savings. Now you may have enough to keep you going for years. But it doesn't sound like Z's father is worth that much. Sometimes it is just easier to bite your tongue.