Comments on: Supreme Court Backs Workers in Pay Dispute

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:43:31 +0000

I thought John Roberts was against workers rights? At least that's what Schumer and Kennedy told us. Oh well.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:13:30 +0000

I'm also surprised workers don't have to be paid from the time they are told to show up, even when they have to spend time waiting in line to get their gear before going to work.

By: Jim Jinkins

Jim Jinkins — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:02:34 +0000

Moral Hazard: If you are getting paid for the time it takes to get dressed and walk to your workstation, there is no motivation to get dressed faster or walk fast instead of saunter.

In the long run, in a free market, the uncompesated time is reflected in a higher wage rate for the hours at the workstation.

Either way, a competent management will make the dressing and walking time as easy as possible. Are all managers competent? Not in my experience. Are all workers committed to earning their pay instead of just collecting it?

By: DL

DL — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:40:08 +0000

It seems in plants (unions?)that workers view the people who hire them and provide for their families as ,the enemy, and foster an "us, versus them" mentality.
On the other hand, capitalists could well benefit by viewing the workers as humans, and not as merely a cost item on their balance sheets.