Reply #89: That's not the law about bathroom breaks [View All]

[pschoeb]

That's the law on rest breaks. Which has nothing to do with bathroom requirements. OSHA handles that, and it says one can take a bathroom break whenever an employee needs to go, there are certain alowances for employers in line situations, where line work can't be stopped, but still OSHA regs require that workers be allowed to use the bathroom as quickly as possible when they need to go.

The law on breaks, has to do with safety and productivity. It was shown that forcing a 15 minute rest break every 4 hrs dramatically cuts down on worker related injuries. The reason it's law, is that people with More Bullshit Added degrees often think of workers as inhuman machines, and ignore the real benefits to their bottom line, both in less injuries and increased productivity.

The reason for the break is rest, not primarily to go to the bathroom, one shouldn't force ones employees to wait until their break to go. That's really really unhealthy and you will end up increasing your employees visits to doctors for bladder infections, especially women, which I'm sure will cut into the bottom line. Also you will dramatically increase worker stress and decrease concentration, it' becomes really hard to concentrate when one is desperatly trying to hold ones bladder until your break. But MBA types are largely clueless wankers, who probably spend more time jacking off in the bathroom, than any low level employee.