Innapropriate Interview Question??

[jennielynn1970]

OK...
You are the business owner.

You hire the woman, she gets pregger a month later.

You have to provide insurance, a replacement and pay both of the women.

Geez, women want to be treated equal but men haven't figured out how to carry a child.....


It works for seahorses.......

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Many times I have had to assume to duties of a pregnant women.
I have no problem with their pregnancy...I only care when they use it to avoid work.

It's called discrimination, Richard. You can't ask age, or whether you are married or single, or anything like that. Sexism, ageism.... You cannot discriminate on the basis that a woman might become pregnant, or a man might become a father and the company will have to cover the child then as well under their insurance.

If you are assigned to pick up someone else's duties, it's just that. It doesn't matter what the gender of the person is.

[Edwina's Secretary]

OK...
You are the business owner.

You hire the woman, she gets pregger a month later.

You have to provide insurance, a replacement and pay both of the women.

FMLA and the requirement to preserve job rights only applies to those with more than 50 employees and employees who have at least one year of employment with that employer. You do not have to pay a woman on maternity leave (FMLA does not require it. Here in California the state pays disability...don't spend the $60.00 per week in one place.)

You need a little more...truthiness in your female bashing RICHARD!

[jennielynn1970]

FMLA... that's what we have in our school district. We can take our sick days until we run out of them, and then apply for FMLA, which is pittance. FMLA only lasts for a certain amount of weeks, and then you have to take unpaid leave. Then, when you come back, you are only guaranteed a job, not the exact position you had when you left.

[gini]

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You need a little more...truthiness in your female bashing RICHARD![/QUOTE]

Will Richard bite the bait? Stay tuned~

[Edwina's Secretary]

FMLA... that's what we have in our school district. We can take our sick days until we run out of them, and then apply for FMLA, which is pittance. FMLA only lasts for a certain amount of weeks, and then you have to take unpaid leave. Then, when you come back, you are only guaranteed a job, not the exact position you had when you left.

FMLA - Family Medical Leave Act - requires certain employers to provide unpaid leave of up to 12 weeks per year if needed for a serious personal medical condition or to care for a seriously ill family member or to care for a newborn, newly adopted or foster child. You must return to the same or equivalent job upon release.

Believe it or not...any you get over and above that ...such as any employer paid leave...is your employer doing more than the law requires.

[cassiesmom]

It's not an appropriate interview question. Maybe the interviewer didn't realize a line would be crossed by asking.

[RICHARD]

FMLA and the requirement to preserve job rights only applies to those with more than 50 employees and employees who have at least one year of employment with that employer. You do not have to pay a woman on maternity leave (FMLA does not require it. Here in California the state pays disability...don't spend the $60.00 per week in one place.)

You need a little more...truthiness in your female bashing RICHARD!

Oh shiat,

Crucify me for exaggerating.

After working side by side with women I thought I had learned enough about them to bash with confidence!

What is Truthiness?

Is that like the Loch Ness?

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Gini,

Stick it out, I'll chew!

[lvpets2002]

Yes I do think the question was way out of line & should Not have been ask.. Also in Texas is is illegal to ask that & you can not ask someone if they are pregnant in a interview.. The bean counter here at our company ask that once & the company had to pay the lady $5,000.00..

[Edwina's Secretary]

Crucify me for exaggerating.

What a pretty word for it...exaggerating. Others might call it...untrue? Oh...what might be another word for what you call exaggerating....hmmm....let me think...

And you, who are forever castigating politicians who exaggerate!

[JenBKR]

I think it's completely inappropriate to ask that (not to mention illegal). I would have refused to answer.

FMLA... that's what we have in our school district. We can take our sick days until we run out of them, and then apply for FMLA, which is pittance. FMLA only lasts for a certain amount of weeks, and then you have to take unpaid leave. Then, when you come back, you are only guaranteed a job, not the exact position you had when you left.

I don't even qualify for FMLA since my company is so small (8 employees, one owner). They are, however, giving me 12 weeks off (unpaid, of course). I can use my sick time and vacation time, but after that I get nothing. I don't think I even qualify for short term disability pay. I've just been saving up as much as I can so that the extra money is there.

[RICHARD]

What a pretty word for it...exaggerating. Others might call it...untrue? Oh...what might be another word for what you call exaggerating....hmmm....let me think...

And you, who are forever castigating politicians who exaggerate!

I just wanted to show that I can use a word with more than 10 letters.

"Lying" is so Clintonesque, not to mention easy to spell.

[DrKym]

Rofl

[Edwina's Secretary]

"Lying" is so Clintonesque, not to mention easy to spell.

And so hard to admit!

[Cataholic]

And so hard to admit!

LOL. So true. He has, in my one 30 minute viewing of PT, slandered white collar professionals AND women. Great posting! Wonderful broad sweeps...like a super sized broom that one might use to mop up the ocean, say.

[RICHARD]

LOL. So true. He has, in my one 30 minute viewing of PT, slandered white collar professionals AND women. Great posting! Wonderful broad sweeps...like a super sized broom that one might use to mop up the ocean, say.

So sue me.

You know I laugh when I people get all BOOS when someone GENERALIZES about their lives.

I have worked with docs and nurses for more than half of my life.

I have done my share of tweaking noses and pinching women's rears.

I am sure that you all can go ahead and fire a few across my bow.
I don't get all persnickety and have to defend myself when someone generalizes about my life.....

Matter of fact I'll give you a freebie here.

Male, Mexican, Single, registered Dem, Vote Republican, Catholic and I have a sense of humor - plus, I do not let Sticks and Stones factor into my life.

If I spent my hours wondering about morons shooting off their mouths, I';d have to kill myself.

If you are so hung up on some jerk with no couth, that lies and can't get his facts straight and posts like a moron-Put me on your ignore list.

Misery loves company and sometimes I have to yank the bloomers down so I can be heard.
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I screw up all the time.

I save my mea culpas for real situations.

John Wayne said it was a sign of weakness to apologize.

Take it up with him.