Can employers require employees to take mandatory unpaid time off?
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jennibc:"How do you think unions would stop offshoring? Take a look at Michigan's unemployment rate"
Since the RTW South gained all the transplant facilities the last few decades, and with Audi, Volvo, & Hyundai poised to add plants, Michigan did not lose as many jobs to off-shoring, as off-stating..courtesy of the UAW. Granholm admitted when chosen as a finalist for VW (of Chattanooga, Tn) their execs spent the day discussing how much they did not want to deal with them. No problem, we have plenty of certified sites in the South for new auto plants.
PS, Huntville, Alabama was the runner -up for VW..not Michigan.
Whether it was off-shoring or off-stating, unions had zero power keeping any of those plants from moving elsewhere. That's what I was addressing. It seems that the poster was saying if we had more unions we wouldn't have off-shoring, and that's an absurd statement.
Your employer is actually doing you all a kindness, trying to keep everyone working some, rather then getting rid of some of you. This gives you some time and income while you look for a better job somewhere else. If you don't appreciate your employers efforts, then you can always quit and move on.
Baloney. It's so they can use you WHEN they need you and don't have to pay unemployment.
When you say unpaid leave, you mean that you go home early, right?
The first time I read it through, I thought you meant that your employer was making you stay at work but take unpaid hours.
The first is legal. The second is not.
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