I didn't read it, but the bill eliminates the lunch breaks and cuts the pay of state representatives as well, right? /S
this post was submitted on 29 Feb 2024
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Does everyone not realize we've entered into the Age of Corporations? Business interests have won.
Any company that trys this will lose a shit ton of employees to a competitor who will offer lunch and rest breaks. Hell thier is no federal law giving workers breaks now and my state doesn't have it either. Yet every company offers lunch and some offer breaks. Fuck this bill but workers will still get those breaks or they will go work somewhere else.
This assumes that:
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The people who want to work somewhere else actually have other jobs opportunities that they're qualified for which offer similar pay - which may not be all that likely in Kansas.
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The companies won't all change their break policies at the same time - which is unlikely in this corporate race to the bottom.
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The companies will care about losing employees - most of them don't.