Comments on: Work Life Balance: It’s the Law! http://www.blisstree.com/articles/work-life-balance-its-the-law-155/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:56:10 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cherie Burbach http://www.blisstree.com/articles/work-life-balance-its-the-law-155/comment-page-1/#comment-92447 Cherie Burbach Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:30:31 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/the-work-life-balance-its-the-law/#comment-92447 Thanks for your thoughts. My fear is that by legislating what constitutes mandatory family time and extra benefits, it puts undue stress on other people who either don't fall into the "spelled out definition of a family" or are single. I don't think anyone should be punished at work just because they don't have a family, or have different obligations that don't fall under the protection of legislation. Thanks for your thoughts. My fear is that by legislating what constitutes mandatory family time and extra benefits, it puts undue stress on other people who either don’t fall into the “spelled out definition of a family” or are single. I don’t think anyone should be punished at work just because they don’t have a family, or have different obligations that don’t fall under the protection of legislation.

]]> By: JayMonster http://www.blisstree.com/articles/work-life-balance-its-the-law-155/comment-page-1/#comment-92449 JayMonster Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:25:13 +0000 http://www.careerandkids.com/the-work-life-balance-its-the-law/#comment-92449 Unfortunately, just from the article, you don't get to see what is actually spelled out in the law as to what constitutes "family." Unfortunately, I do not agree with you. Unfortunately, in that I believe what you say is right and that in an ideal world, there would be no reason to have legislation such as this. However, sadly this is not the case. We, as employees are (usually) not viewed as anything more than "expenses." We are no longer people, we are a number on a page, and our jobs are based solely on a cost benefit ratio. Now, I am in no way saying a corporation doesn't have the right to make money, of course they do, but there was a time that employees were viewed as assets. Something that helped a company run. You did what you had to do to keep a good employee. Now? Loyalty lasts only until the next 10K statement hits and whether or not some board members stock options are valuable enough to exercise, otherwise... boom! So, yes I do think that these things need to codified into law, voluntary measures are meaningless most of the time. Unfortunately, just from the article, you don’t get to see what is actually spelled out in the law as to what constitutes “family.”

Unfortunately, I do not agree with you. Unfortunately, in that I believe what you say is right and that in an ideal world, there would be no reason to have legislation such as this. However, sadly this is not the case.

We, as employees are (usually) not viewed as anything more than “expenses.” We are no longer people, we are a number on a page, and our jobs are based solely on a cost benefit ratio. Now, I am in no way saying a corporation doesn’t have the right to make money, of course they do, but there was a time that employees were viewed as assets. Something that helped a company run. You did what you had to do to keep a good employee. Now? Loyalty lasts only until the next 10K statement hits and whether or not some board members stock options are valuable enough to exercise, otherwise… boom!

So, yes I do think that these things need to codified into law, voluntary measures are meaningless most of the time.

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