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Force is the last refuge of the incompetent
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this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2025
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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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RTO should be considered constructive dismissal if the order is rolled back within a year like several corporations have done.
I'm not sure I agree with that. I suspect that the practical effect of that for most orgs that issued a RTO would be to either defer rescinding the order (by just looking up the relevant timeframe,and putting the rescinding day on the calendar) … or just wholesale not rescind the order at all until they're getting ready to pretty up the company for sale.
Both of those pass the harm along to the employee.
Instead, if we ever get to pass legislation on the subject - add bonus pay to work that requires physical presence, like overtime, but specific-where. Suddenly, RTO will become magically unnecessary, probably uncouth too. And if minimum wage on-location service workers accidentally get a well-overdue pay bump, … they deserve it?