Originally Posted by runninaway (Post 24081652)

Wow, someone had a double helping of holier-than-thou flakes for breakfast. I have a small business with <20 employees. I know more about each and every one of them than I do about my own siblings and I can assure you with METAPHYSICAL CERTAINTY that my emplyees that are caring for sick relatives (2 of them) and have small kids (3 of them) are the absolute least likely to voluntarily skip hours/pay. Their weeks are blocked out and scheduled and compartmentalized and money is WAY too important to them to pass up, as they have obligations and responsibilities.

On the other hand, we've designated this coming Friday the 2nd as an optional day off without pay. The very first person to come and tell me he wasn't going to come in was the very same person that came into my office last week looking for an advance on his pay because (shudder) the cable company was going to turn off his TV if he didn't pay his bill immediately.