Badges - Re: Gov. Christie close to deal on ending public employee payouts for unused sick days

  • From: "CarlGlas" <CarlGlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 22:55:45 -0500

David, I am going with the opinion that sick time belongs to the employer 
because it is not something that is required by federal law.
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/sickleave.htm


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Thompson" <dthom5303@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 8:49 AM
Subject: Badges - Re: Gov. Christie close to deal on ending public employee 
payouts for unused sick days


> Howard:
> First of all, you ignored my earlier post by deferring to you for 
> additional thoughts and information as to whether or not sick days are 
> considered property of the employee or employer.
>
> Second, what planet are you on?  You talk about what is going on now, but 
> you totally ignored my point of what got us here.  What got us here is the 
> prostitution of our vote for politicians who promised us everything and 
> expected someone else to pay for it.  This is almost exclusively the realm 
> of the democrat party but, if you note, I didn't bring up party but 
> philosophy.
>
> So, since you ventured into the pejorative, what are your suggestions to 
> fix the problem?  We have always had good discussions, what is up with 
> your comment?
>
> Also, if you had read the entire post and not knee jerked you would have 
> read how the Michigan legislature this week has pimped us retirees by no 
> longer exempting us from income tax on our pensions which will cost me 
> around $2500.00 more per year.  Also, this week, my city council raised my 
> property tax several hundred dollars.  So I know exactly what is going on 
> and I know exactly what sacrifices will have to be made.
>
> Do you?
>
> David G. Thompson
> Retired Admin LT
> Midland PD, MI
>
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>> From: hmellon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Badges - Re: Gov. Christie close to deal on ending public 
>> employee payouts for unused sick days
>> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 02:23:16 -0400
>>
>> I gather you arent in Wisconsin or Ohio where the CONSERVATIVE 
>> REPUBLICANS
>> are sticking the shaft up public employee's butts? Its not liberal v.
>> conservative, its rich v. poor.
>>
>> The last election brought both houses of the Ohio legislature under
>> Republican control and we also elected a Republican governor. Just about
>> their first order of business was to enact legislation which:
>>
>> 1. prohibits all public employees from strking.
>> 2. requires a minimum level of contribution for health insurance.
>> 3. ends binding arbitration for public safety employees (we were
>> prohibited from striking already, so had binding arbitration).
>> 4. does not allow collective bargaining for anything but wages.
>> 5. if there is no agreement on wages, the government can just enact their
>> last offer, take it or leave it.
>>
>> I presume the Liberals will win the next election, hands down.
>>
>> The governor says that once he finishes balancing the budget by slashing 
>> the
>> payroll and anything that isnt a giveaway to big business, his next order 
>> of
>> business is to reduce taxes. And I am in big business and I think the guy
>> is absurd.
>>
>> Thompson, what planet are you on?
>>
>>
>> Howard
>>
>> From: "David Thompson" <dthom5303@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > I place the blame squarely on the liberals. They promise and promise 
>> > and
>> > promise and get elected. Then when the bill comes, they look for 
>> > someone
>> > else to pay it. That will no longer be tolerated by the taxpayers. 
>> > Guess
>> > who have to suffer? Us, the municipal employees.
>> >
>>
>>
>> The Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group - Est. 1997
>>
>
>
> The Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group - Est. 1997
> 


The Badges Law Enforcement Discussion Group - Est. 1997

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