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Boos and i perceive him is from being the entitled generation when he says that we expect it from the employer. Again, i run a business. And we Work Together with the employees. Very happy. And what you heard most tonight, was, if we can just Work Together, if we can just have a flexible schedule and request a flexible schedule that is all that is needed here, not all of the other manutia, thank you for your time. Any other members of the public who would like to make a comment this evening . Come on up. I am jay lantus and i am speaking for myself here although i am a member of the Small Business network. The offense that i take to the entire discussion that we have had is that it is discriminatory, and it is the proper function of the government to insure the rights of employees. And it is not the proper function of the ....
That we have the big concerns about that goes beyond that. And one, is in section 12 z 5 g. Where it provides if you have provided an employees with a predictable schedule, you have to give them reasonable notice, which is undefined, in order to change that, or to reduce those or to change that schedule or reduce those hours. So for example, it was a comment about a painter who will be coming into work but it rains that day. How do you give that person reasonable notice, and then you are stuck paying for that day. Under the existing language in the ordinance now, similar in the Restaurant Industry, you very far ten people in your houseworking table and it rains outside and nobody goes out to eat you need to let the people go but you cant because they have a predictable schedule and you are not allowed to reduce those hours without giving advanced notice, so that is a certain that we have. Similar 12 z 7 b 9. Provides to turn ....
Because it gives the employee an opportunity to request, you know, flexibility schedules and so that their jobs can work with their families. We should not have to ask the employees to work exclusively at the expense of families tu, very much. Susan tucker and my company is one stop graphics and i have been in business for 25 years and also on the business of the chamber and a member of the Small Business advocates. This is, of course, very fieldgood, legislation. How can you be oppose thed to something that is familyfriendly . It is kind of like, the toy band, in the happy meals, it is as the supervisor said, it is kind of a nudge, it is trying to nudge maybe, employers and employees. But, i am wondering why do we need a Charter Amendment for a nudge . I note that many of the speakers that have spoken in favor of this legislation are talking about their parents. That is a ....
And a seamstress and they are both em grants and they are not like any of the people that are in this room. I grew up being told that i go to school and my parents worked hard to be here and they never wanted me to be sick, you know . To be helped so i can stay healthy, but also because they didnt think that they would be able to take care of me. Or to pick me up from school or to any of those things that you need to do when circumstances come up with your child. My sisters and i grew up really elthy, but every year, someone would come to school and be sick, i dont know why because sher parents told them not to be sick and they got sick and they were pushed to go to school. And infect the rest of us. And so, my parents, my mom was a seamstress and she could not take off the work to take care of us. But, eventually it came to a point where she had to take care of me and my sisters and my family over all in the house, so much more than work that she had to leave her job, she didnt have t ....