Innapropriate Interview Question??

[RICHARD]

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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[jennielynn1970]

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.

I still think it sucks. I mean, how far behind is our society when it comes to the way women are still treated in the work place. Having to take unpaid leave to give birth to a child... it's just wrong. When I lived in Sweden, the mom and the dad got to split the maternity leave, paid, for a year. Salaries were higher there (but then again so were the taxes). That was about 15-20 years ago, so I have no idea how it has changed, but it was a socialized system, and workers were treated differently, and every one had medical coverage as well. Don't see that happening any time soon in the USA.

Our district definitely takes advantage of putting you back in the "equivalent" job. They will put the screws to you any way they can.

Last year, our superintendent received a 12% raise, and then froze the budget in the entire district so that no supplies, books, or anything could be bought from January until the new fiscal year in July.

[smokey the elder]

Unfortunately, the U.S. is no longer the world leader in women's rights. Along with science, math, health care, life expectancy, etc, etc.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Unfortunately, the U.S. is no longer the world leader in women's rights. (

Perhaps parts of the US lead the way...Montana for example but....

[gini]

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

Will Richard bite the bait? Stay tuned~

[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!

[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!

[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!