Despite Protests, France Approves New Labor Law

[Democratic Hawk]

I don't like it because it's discriminatory against those under 26. That said, I doubt I'd like it even if it wasn't. Employees should have rights and employers have obligations

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

I don't like it because it's discriminatory against those under 26. That said, I doubt I'd like it even if it wasn't. Employees should have rights and employers have obligations

Dave

But does an employer have an obligation to an employee who is not doing his/her job properly?

What you seem to support sounds like a general system of tenure, whereby it requires employers to spend huge amounts in legal fees to get rid of unproductive employees.

I'm surprised to see you take such a stand.

Ah right, I took this as giving the employer carte blanche permission to fire an employee at whim. Now that I would oppose, but if the employee is not doing his or her job properly, then there are grounds for dismissal; however, first of all, they need to find out whether there are extenuating circumstances affecting the employees capability to do the job and his or her performance in doing so

Still, I oppose this because it differentiates those under 26 from others

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

The protestors seem like a bunch of idiots. They have no actual solution to the problems at hand. The thing here is that people want everything at once. They want BOTH security, high wages and lots of jobs and if they don't get it they'll sit on their asses and scream. Sheesh.

They are passionate I'll give you that.

In an ideal world, security, high wages and lots of jobs would be nice. It's just that find the social trauma created by neo-liberal reforms difficult to embrace; however, much needed. For an ideology, which is instinctively, anti-welfare they sure have, at times, led to an unacceptable level of welfare dependency. At least job security and higher wages goes someway towards reducing that

Dave