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      Why can’t these regulations be actual crimes, with criminal consequences for the perpetrator. And if he’s ordering someone else to do the firing, it’s “conspiracy to commit regulatory fraud”.

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    He’ll fire workers… what workers exactly? As far as I can tell, he hasn’t actually run a business in 25 years. He got rich when Mattel bought his company in 1999, but then they fired him. He invested in a storage facility company, was on the board of directors but never actually had any employees reporting to him, and then he sold that investment, making him more money.

    Since then, he’s had a number of vanity projects name after himself: O’Leary Funds, O’Leary Ventures, O’Leary Books, O’Leary Fine Wines, I don’t know if any of them are still in business, but if they are, I can’t imagine he has more than a handful of employees.

    Now he’s just a reality TV personality, so of course he’s going to say bullshit that gets him in the spotlight.

    Why would anybody take advice from a reality TV personality who hasn’t managed any employees in a quarter of a century? Especially given that he’s probably just saying bullshit to get his name in the spotlight again.

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    This is exactly why we need unions. Just like not having weekends off, it’s normal until it isn’t.

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        Oh man that’s rough, I’m sorry you’ve not had that. I hope you’ve managed to find other opportunities to spend time with family or do things that you enjoy

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      Some industries are weekend industries; for Hospitality, Retail and Tourism, Saturday and Sunday are the equivalent of Monday and Tuesday for the 9-5 crowd.

      That said, Monday and Tuesday are usually the Saturday and Sunday for these workers. Us “Normies” don’t usually particle in fine dining, clubbing or tourist traps on Monday and Tuesdays.

      You are right though, Retail and Hospitality workers do need to get better unions so they can get paid a living wage and aren’t being forced to work 7 days a week for 12 hour shifts.

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    It’s not about money. It’s about being a petty tyrant and lording over the peasants.

    Fuck the wealthy.

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    Up next on the news: abusive boss wonders why he can’t retain staff. Should the board step in? Shareholders say yes

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    If you look away slightly from that picture, your peripheral sense of a complete fucking asshole will fill in the cigar in his right hand

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    I’m skeptical of the claim that this regulation “allows” anyone to do anything. That’s now how regulations work.

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      Yeah. The more accurate wording is “forbids employers from retaliating against employees who–”