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Yes. Where does it say "job description"? How can someone conduct a survey on wages without knowing what the frickin job is? Does that make sense to you?
One more step towards having a finger in EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE.
For a government that is supposed to be about equality, blindness when it comes to race, sex, etc... they sure are preoccupied with things like race, sex, etc
Why???
First problem...its from CNS News who makes Fox look like a legitimate news source
Second.....Government has always required employers to provide data on sex, race and national origin
Overall, just another example of the right wings ability to read and understand what a bill really does
, when repetitive-input gets the job done, just as well??!!!
CNSNews.com - White House Backs Bill to Collect Employee Pay Information from Businesses(CNSNews.com) The Obama administration is backing legislation that includes regulations requiring U.S. businesses to provide to the government data about employee pay as it relates to the sex, race and national origin of employees.
In an orchestrated effort that included a statement by President Barack Obama and an event at the White House featuring Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, the president and his cabinet endorsed the Paycheck Fairness Act.
The Paycheck Fairness Act, which purports to prevent instances of illegal gender-based discrimination, could outlaw many legitimate practices employers use to set employee pay rates, even where there is no evidence of intentional discrimination and employers act with reasonable belief that their pay policies are lawful, the statement said.
Manufacturers strongly oppose unlawful discrimination in any form, but the Paycheck Fairness Act would impose unparalleled government control over how employees are paid, among even the nations smallest businesses, it added.
It would drastically alter the Equal Pay Act to allow unprecedented penalties of unlimited punitive and compensatory damages in cases of alleged discrimination, the statement said.
James Sherk, Bradley Fellow in Labor Policy in the Center for Data Analysis at conservative The Heritage Foundation, said that the law would be a boon to trial lawyers seeking damages from employers for their clients and would allow the courts to micro-manage American businesses.
It seems something is missing from the data that they want. Anyone?
Can we call them Communists yet?
Does anyone see in this what I see?
It almost seems like the goivernment is going to act as a "union" for non unionized companies.
Or am I missing something?
First problem...its from CNS News who makes Fox look like a legitimate news source
Second.....Government has always required employers to provide data on sex, race and national origin
Overall, just another example of the right wings ability to read and understand what a bill really doesHey.....you know how dangerous literacy can be!!
And, who NEEDS any o' that, there readin'-stuff
One more step towards having a finger in EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR LIFE. Ahhhh.. remember the good old days when you fuckers where shitting yourselves over the NSA evesdropping on suspected terrorists?
It seems something is missing from the data that they want. Anyone?
the number of sm. biz's they are going to trash
and all the 'hidden tax' they'll collect from the fines
And all the New Jobs (!!!!!) that will be created in yet another government agency and possibly a new czar to oversee the operation.
DOL already gets all kinds of reports from businesses pertaining to employer statistics on employees.
Agreed. But there are avenues already in place. There is no need for more.Like any bill, it will be perceived by the opposition as a part of a sinister plan. The federal government has the legal responsible to see that employee's are not discriminated against because of their sex. There is nothing wrong with gathering this information. A person deserves to be paid based on the their abilities, not their race or sex.
I guess Sheman figures all the inane accentuations will deflect attention from the utter sohpistry of the posts.
In a survey, you can't collect enough information to determine if there is sex discrimination in the workplace. However, the feds can correlation this data with other information such as occupational data collected by the IRS. Investigations of sexual discrimination are based on complaints which is where you find all the details. If the details in a complaint seem to match up with the statistics the government has then it would be a red flag.I just checked out the Dept. of Labor statistics and it seems they have at least 800 categories of job titles.
May 2009 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
So I guess whenever a business files this additional report, they will have to be very, very careful as to what category they list their employees. This looks like a clerical nightmare.
It also doesn't mention: years of service, educational level, prior experience, benefit negotiations, and overtime. Isn't that how most businesses negotiate salary? Will any of that matter any more?
Then maybe the government should go ahead and fingerprint everybody. If there's a crime committed, the feds can correlate this data with other information and solve the crime.In a survey, you can't collect enough information to determine if there is sex discrimination in the workplace. However, the feds can correlation this data with other information such as occupational data collected by the IRS. Investigations of sexual discrimination are based on complaints which is where you find all the details. If the details in a complaint seem to match up with the statistics the government has then it would be a red flag.I just checked out the Dept. of Labor statistics and it seems they have at least 800 categories of job titles.
May 2009 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
So I guess whenever a business files this additional report, they will have to be very, very careful as to what category they list their employees. This looks like a clerical nightmare.
It also doesn't mention: years of service, educational level, prior experience, benefit negotiations, and overtime. Isn't that how most businesses negotiate salary? Will any of that matter any more?
The government does not collect data on a person's sex in the tax returns so I don't think they could correlate wages with sex without this information.Agreed. But there are avenues already in place. There is no need for more.Like any bill, it will be perceived by the opposition as a part of a sinister plan. The federal government has the legal responsible to see that employee's are not discriminated against because of their sex. There is nothing wrong with gathering this information. A person deserves to be paid based on the their abilities, not their race or sex.
