Obama’s Quiet War on Employers
by Dan DannerImagine for a moment that you are a small-business owner looking to hire a new employee. As tough as the economy has been, you’ve managed to put your firm on track to expand.
Now imagine facing a lawsuit for requiring perhaps one of the most basic qualifications for job applicants – a high school diploma. You don’t have to imagine that last part. It’s now an unfortunate reality thanks to guidance recently issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The “informal discussion letter” states that requiring a high-school diploma as a qualification for employment may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, which the EEOC enforces. Therefore, an employer must prove a high school education is “job related and consistent with business necessity,” or face potential fines or lawsuits brought under ADA.
Employers should take note. Despite this being an “informal” letter, EEOC investigators and trial lawyers will undoubtedly use this to their advantage. It continues an unfortunate pattern of federal agencies quietly making policy and stepping up enforcement on small businesses for the slightest missteps.
Take the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, for example. The agency plays an important role in setting standards for safety in the workplace, but, since President Obama has taken office, OSHA has shifted from a focus on compliance assistance to a regimen of heavy fines for violators. The agency’s statistics show they are issuing far more costly fines and requesting more money in the federal budget for enforcement.
OSHA chief David Michaels brags that the average penalty more than doubled in 2011 from the previous year not only to punish violators, but to set an example to entire industries. The only example he’s setting is that it’s a bad time to start or expand a business. His words and OSHA’s actions reveal a government operation that is completely out of touch with the economic reality faced by small businesses today. He’d rather shut down a business to set an example than help them comply, grow, and thrive.
I’d be remiss not to mention another group, appointed by President Obama, that is having a significant, negative impact on the American economy: the National Labor Relations Board. Conceived as an impartial arbiter between labor and employers, it has transformed into a pro-union advocate under President Obama’s leadership. One recent example, in a favor to labor unions, is the NLRB’s decision to issue a potentially unconstitutional rule requiring all private sector businesses to prominently post something that amounts to an instruction guide for employees on how to unionize. NFIB is suing to have the rule overturned.
The decision that made the NLRB downright infamous in the job-creating business community was, of course, their complaint last year against Boeing. It nearly stopped the company’s ability to open a new plant in South Carolina, a right to work state.
The government has come to think it’s in the business of telling small businesses what’s right or wrong for them. Bureaucrats in obscure federal agencies are under the impression that they know better than job creators. This amount of meddling in the private sector is absurd as the economy attempts a recovery from one of the worst recessions in history – the government is absolutely the last group we should trust with the well-being of private businesses.
It makes you wonder why the Administration would guide its agencies to manipulate and punish employers at the worst possible time in our economy. By President Obama’s logic, he’s making things better for workers. In reality, he’s creating an atmosphere of fear and apprehension among small businesses wishing to expand, which has a chilling effect on employers, slowing potential job creation. That’s not good for workers and it’s terrible for the economy as it shows signs of bouncing back.
Small businesses want to comply with the law, but thanks to an ever-changing labyrinth of workplace rules and regulations, it’s nearly impossible. There are new traps being set every day to prevent them from creating jobs.
The Administration knows that backdoor rulemaking and punitive enforcement on small businesses won’t attract big headlines, or even much attention from Congress in some cases. In doing so, they are quietly picking winners and losers. Sadly, the losers are the nation’s biggest job creators, job seekers, and the economy as a whole.
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I saw an interesting interview yesterday on Cavuto.
He interviewed the CEO of Caterpillar.
There are about 7 billion people in the world.
96% of them are outside the US.
It might be time to go elsewhere, and operate where the business climate is more favorable, and conducive to doing good business.
Obama does clearly have a war against small business, specifically American small business.
Same thing with George Bush, Clinton, The other Bush, and so on, democrats and republicans have a war going on against citizens. They only represent other democrats and republicans, both parties wash each others hands, and wont raise a finger to help citizens, only other politicians.
We have a solution its vote 3rd party in all elections, and never vote another democrat or republican. Or vote Ron Paul he is the only republican that isnt corrupt.
By this logic, asking for a college degree should also result in a lawsuit. The only disability here is liberalism.
This war was started a long time ago. Obama's war with employers is not so quiet.
Stupid is as Stupid does.
This is a continuation of dumbing down of America by socialist (progressives).
Why waste the money to send to school in the first place then?
Over seas anyone?
Well, when one considers that people like the guy in the link below teach there, the EEOC just might be onto something when questioning the credential of a high school diploma:
http://www.breitbart.tv/liberal-hate-high-school-...
There's nothing quiet about this war. Obama has openly called "open season" on employers.
The quiet part was happening for years. Now it is open warfare.
The country knows, the employers know, and the democrats who have not surrounded themselves with a group of yes men also know that the day of reckoning is coming fast.
Maybe the Oval Office and West Wing don't get it, but every else knows the truth.
This guy and his friends HATE business, large and small. If it does not work to the ends of a larger and more intrusive federal government they have no use for it.
damn right, and least I moved finally to a big red state!
and if this crap keeps being re-elected next stop Cuenca, Ecuador.
ron paul is too much of an idiot to be corrupt.
Gee, why would anyone want employees that can meet the baseline skills of education?
Once again, Obama proves that he is NOT interested in being competitive with the world and is only interested in propagating the ridiculous notion that a job is a right.
I love hearing Obama's union memes about needing to spend more money on education to benefit the kids….LOL…..Obama doesn't even care if they have a high school education….and wants to pretend that the money spent on education is to benefit the kids and isn't simply for the unions???
HAHAHA…..good one.
This is the result of big government with too many agencies and too many regulators having too much free time. When that happens, busy work ensues to justify their existence; and the result is idiotic and strangling regulations.
I closed my small business and I'm not reopening it.
Headline of the day (Time):
"Pat Sajak Admits to Hosting Drunk"
This is not just a dumbing down of the citizenry.
This is a continuation of the dilution of our inalienable rights by the invention of false and impossible "rights". The right to medical care, food, housing, a diploma, all of these things are not rights at all. But tell the people they will be given these things and they will suck it up without batting an eye.
"…because I never thought this day would ever happen. I won't have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage…."
"Cause we gonna steal all these things from the producers"
Is what remains unsaid.
Feh.
His war is not on all employers.
He seems to support the government as an employer.
His plan is simple:
Half the country works in the private sector. And we take half their money.
The other half 'works' for the government, and we give the money to them!!
Unemployment issues solved!!!! Everyone has a job…..and no more 1%……hell, no more middle class either!
YAY FOR OBAMA!!!
Yet another example of the gov't trying to involve itself where it doesn't belong. The required qualifications and the reasons as to why I may or may not hire someone are none of the gov's dang business.
Wow another liberal inconsistency. You must buy healthcare but you don't have to graduate high school. Could someone please inform widebutt Moochele that if young adults don't finish high school they are likely to make poor food choices. After all the rib-enator is spending billions re writing school lunch standards that the kids won't eat. It sure would be a shame to lose control of the youth by "allowing" them not to finish school. Oops, I let the secret out of the bag! I will contact Attack Watch and then report to my nearest FEMA camp.
I just tried to post something where I made fun of the presidents wife. I crossed her name with the sound a cow makes and my post was deleted. Could someone else try to post her in vain and see if you have the same result. There were no swear four letter words that mimicked a curse.
This is Ron Paul's famous Predictions speech from April 24, 2002. This is the original video compiling recent images and video to give his speech a chilling effect.
"I have no timetable for these predictions, but just in case, keep them around and look at them in 5-10 years. Let's hope and pray that I'm wrong on all accounts. If so, I will be very pleased. " Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGDisyWkIBM&fe...
Intelligence Officer: Ron Paul’s Right on Iran: Jan 13, 2012 Former Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer explains why he says Ron Paul’s stance towards Iran is the most grounded in reality of the GOP candidates. http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/1389827493001/inte...
Ron Paul gets endorsement from former CIA agent in "Bin Laden Unit" January 2, 2012
http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-west-palm-...
Scheuer notes that throughout the Republican primary campaign, Rep. Paul has raised more money from active duty military members than all other candidates combined, including Barack Obama.
The site administrators have caught on, and adjusted the filters accordingly.
They have made it hard to use most of the keywords and phrases that I originally coined here.
If you want to really make 'em mad, try to post what you tried here over at Big Hollywood, and incorporate the words collards, wide feet and brogan shoes……..
Let's try again to get by the Moo. chele filter. Wow another liberal inconsistency. We must buy healthcare but we don't have finish high school. I hope someone points out to the rib devouring first lady america hater that it's a shame to spend billions re writing school lunch standards and lose "control" of young adults by allowing them to drop out. They may make unhealthy food choices before the indoctrination is complete. God forbid.
How can anyone say this is not purposeful?
Apparently you cannot call her a hairy star wars character either. Censorship has hit Big Government what the heck!?!
and by default on employees, which is the plan.
Let's all chip in and open a Cat-house.
We can run it by hand, until we get on our feet.
I recommend Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, or Uruguay.
"Not sure why the censoring….. "
Because the First Amendment no longer applies.
Here is a good biddnes model Stan.
Aren't you a computer tech guy?
Come up with something comparable to Intense Debate, only better and more reliable, and pitch the idea to Breitbart. Intense Debate leaves much to be desired.
Headline of the day; Breitbart admins fail to censor drunk, indiepalin successfully posts inane remarks.
W O O K I E !
Obama’s war against the employers, employees, the poor, elderly, and disabled by increasing energy costs and food costs because decreasing the fossil fuel supply and increasing regulation from all departments including the EPA.
I've just had another of mine deleted….
Friends this issue is just one of many examples of President Big Ears and the rest of the federal governments WAR against US citizens. How much of this crap we going to take?!
Oh your going to jail now. Let me offer this, I hate to see you travel alone, pull up a picture of her and said star wars character, dead ringer for lost twins!,
On another note, I read a interesting story today regarding Obama. Apparently Maureen Dowd years ago wrote a piece pointing out that Obama has big ears. According to the story he is very sensitive regarding his big EARS. I invite everyone who disagrees with Obama on any level to get imaginative with the big ear theme. Might just get way under his skin and unravel him. According to the story he confronted Dowd and was way ove r the top, apparently he was teased to tears as a child!
I reckon to be politically correct, we will all have to simply refer to her, by her formal title.
Her Excellency, The Lady ChewBacca.
Headline of Yesterday:
"Joe Biden Admits Doing Indian Accents While Stupid"
My small business now has exactly one employee, ME! I am sick of this crap and am done with it. I have scaled back operations so that I can handle the load and will make slightly more money as a result. Thankfully I did not have to fire my last remaining two workers as they both found other positions in other fields recently. I will not hire anyone new until the rules are changed.
I do find this new rule interesting because it was just announced that the new casino in town will NOT hire anyone who tests positive for nicotine. I guess you can goof off in high school all you want, not learn a danged thing and get hired. If you smoke however, you can be denied employment.
I could not begin to know where to find it, but if you go back into the archives, there was a Cartoon done by James Hudnal here, about 6-8 months ago, or maybe longer, maybe even a year ago, that depicted just that. It showed Obama's ears growing.
Obama is at war with our country make no mistake. He loves our country in decline. He must go in 2012 or we are toast. President Zero!
It's not Intense Debate because they use that service over at Wonkette and the cuss words and profane innuendos are flying all around and NOTHING is censored. This is Breitbart's doing…….
Do you really think so?
I value your opinion.
(you need to refresh my memory, because I talk to so many people, but it was you that was into computers and technology, wasn't it?)
I do not like Costa Rica, because there are too many Ex-pats down there, because CR does not have an extradition treaty with the US. Every crook and con artist from Wall Street is there.
I like Paraguay.
I also like Eastern Europe.
I was over there when the wall came down, and you could buy more justice with a crisp, clean hundred dollar bill, than you could over here with an army of five hundred dollar an hour attorney's.
And we wonder why employers aren't hiring as long as Obama and his politburo are in charge. It's too much of a PITA to do it. We can't afford 4 more years of this ascending dictator.
Same here, I don't even bother to post at BigPeace.
OSHA was gutted during the Bush years. They had fewer than 800 compliance officers and no stomach to enforce fines levied on employers with unsafe working environments. The only way a construction site got their attention was to kill a worker, and then the fines were reduced to almost nothing.
Now we are suffering through the horror of compliance enforcement. Too bad for you.
Don't let the door hit you on your way out… traitor.
Look at some of the profiles of new trolls here and see what they get away with at Wonkette, soon we won't even be able to use the word ass to describe the dem's logo………
You should vote third party at every election. Too bad Perot isn't running this year.
That's the way you enforce compliance. Make an example out of one or two guys and employers will stop killing people.
When I visited those aforementioned countries, I was working. My experience was rewarding – good food and good people. i will admit I was in Costa Rica in 89. Didn't seem to be many expats then.
A job may not be a right, but like health care it's a basic human need.
This is the Wild, Wild West.
There are so many that come floating through here, I no longer even try to keep up with Who's on first…
Good riddance.
best Headlines ever!!!
http://www.sarcasticmyspace.com/graphics/blakkfro...
There is nothing impossible about universal health care or putting jobs first. But it's up to voters to decide. See you in November.
Wander over to http://www.wonkette.com
It's the liberal version of BG, but immature and downright rude. Nothing newsworthy, just insults and ridicule. Take a gander through some of the responses and you will see some insane stuff. You also will see that it is the exact same Intense Debate as we use. It cannot be them. It has to be BG.
I'm into computers, but not at the level to write code. It probably was not me who you had that conversation.
*Obama’s OPEN War on Employers*
-fixed your title. There's nothing subtle about what he's doing as far as I am concerned
Time to raise a stink, I have been looking for other venues to post at, not because of the trolls but because of the censoring.
Headline of the day: "Indiepalin is a by-product of incest"
Pay attention! We are hemorrhaging government jobs every month. It's the reason why the unemployment number stays so stubbornly high.
Remember that much of the job growth during the Bush years came from the expansion of federal and state government. In the current era of budget shortfalls a lot of those jobs are drying up.
Even if you count the military there were only 4.4 million federal jobs in 2010. Out of what, 131 million jobs in this country? Sell it somewhere else.
Someone should have told you. Maybe your kids wouldn't be going hungry. There's always time to go back and get that ged.
http://antiantiunderground.com/wp-content/uploads...
Instead of making fun of the President's wife, shouldn't you be concentrating on trying to feed yours? She might even appreciate a little heath care if you can break away from the keyboard long enough.
They are legion……….
how many jobs have you ever created? and no, the time you spend manning the glory holes of local men's rooms doesn't count…
according to liberals, if you can fog a mirror you're automatically qualified for any job, otherwise it's discrimination (evidently you're also qualified for the Nobel Peace Prize). if you want to vote, you don't even have to be able to fog the mirror…
by that 'logic', we could eliminate speeding by having traffic cops walk up to the occasional driver and empty their sidearms into the driver's head.
The president knows he has big ears. I wouldn't count on this news keeping him from winning in November.
Good one. You go with that and see if it's a winner for you.
I'm coming for you notTheriod
"We are hemorrhaging government jobs every month." -you're f***ing delusional. are you off school AND your meds today?
I'm going to make an example out of you, notTheriod
In your advanced case of dementia all liberals are enemies and die hard commie.
About five more years worth. Better come up with some better alternatives in 2016 or you may not live long enough to see another Republican president.
You must have been a real joy to work with. This is probably best for everyone involved.
That's what will be said to you, notTheriod
I smell right wing toast. And it's… intoxicating.
If the courts decide one doesn't need a high school diploma to get a job, then there is NO reason for kids to go to high school, AND there is no reason why we should even HAVE schools. Think of the money savings. get rid of public education all together, and let private schools exist as prep schools for those wanting to go to college.
Furthermore, a high school diploma should not be a requirement to entering college.
Headline of the Decade:
"Why is everyone staring at Michelle Obama’s lap?" http://www.ihatethemedia.com/why-is-everyone-star...
Why indeed?
Look for the auto industry to lead us out of the economic doldrums. People have money to spend and very old cars.
Why won’t the agenda-driven media report on Barack Obama being gay, sexually harassing male actor Kal Penn, and frequenting Chicago bathhouse Man’s Country…you know, the way they leaped to trash Herman Cain with unsubstantiated sexual innuendo?
Read more http://hillbuzz.org/why-wont-the-agenda-driven-me...
notTheriod is a zombie (aka the walking dead)
I have more evidence that that is true than you have evidenec that it's not. We could start with the fact that 95+% of the prison population votes democrat, armed foreign invaders vote democrat, and all economic data shows what you've done.
In your advanced case of dementia, the world ended with Bush and everything wrong in the world is Bush's fault. meanwhile your ENTIRE party is funded by an evil SOB who admits to decimating the economies of no less than 5 countries for personal gain and has set his sights on the US. Your metrosexual Teleprompter Tyrant is aiding with the decimation of the economy in accordance to Soros' desire.
Yeah, the evidence is certainly stacked against you.
You should be running as fast as you can notTheriod. The end is near!
By the way, you regressives can NEVER respond the actual FACTS at hand. Name a SINGLE positive thing to come from the actions mentioned in this article. Go on. Care to actualyl defend the things you evil commie bastards DO?
Just the tip of the iceberg. Given all the alphabet soup agencies out there trying to get their licks in on anyone showing any signs of economic life, we're just dead men walking!
"I have more evidence that that is true than you have evidenec that it's not. We could start with the fact that 95+% of the prison population votes democrat, armed foreign invaders vote democrat, and all economic data shows what you've done. "
And most are black thugs. common….i know you wanna…
see, this the golden nuggets i'm talking about. the way you shoehorn is admirable. your subtle racism and self importance is nothing will consume you, sooner then later i hope.
forget the hillbillys, the conformists, the ned flanders, the self righteous…
never mention that the prison industrial complex is nothing but big business that the very little to do with correction.
it's heavily lobbied by wealthy conservatives.
"In your advanced case of dementia, the world ended with Bush and everything wrong in the world is Bush's fault."
Bush is merley a symptom, cheney was the real puppeteer and way more influential. bush supplied with so many comical golden moments that i almost miss him.
"meanwhile your ENTIRE party is funded by an evil SOB who admits to decimating the economies of no less than 5 countries for personal gain and has set his sights on the US." not a democrat so… irrelevant.evil is Soros?
"Your metrosexual Teleprompter Tyrant" do you talk like that around normal people and woman? are you obsessed with human sexual orientation? bush did not use a teleprompter and became a laughing stock for the world to see. how's that for national pride?
"decimation of the economy in accordance to Soros' desire." cutting on GBTV membership can only do you good. how much is it these days?
actually, you are half right. Which is more than usual.
education, ability and motivation are needed to GET a job.
a job is actually a responsibility, which means people are personally accountable for them…..i wont waste more time. I know accountability and responsibility are ideologically oppositional to liberalism.
Opportunity for a job is a right. It's up to YOU to bring the value to the workforce that warrants actually getting a paycheck.
federal government jobs are the fastest growing job sector.
in the first 9 months of 2010 alone the gov added 153k jobs.
You are a liar. Maybe you havent noticed. The obama administration has not passed a budget in 3 years. Debt has continued to rise, and the fed govt has technically made 0 cuts.
Really? you got that from my comment? I guess I was so horrible to work with that they stayed with me for over five years each? I guess I was such a problem for them that we still keep in touch and I consider them my friends and KNOW they feel the same way about me. I guess I was terrible because I WAS worried I might have to let them go?
Yep, I was just terrible hanging on to employees that were costing my company more than they made it some times because I cared enough to sacrifice MY salary so that they could keep being paid.
I have rarely seen a comment as ignorant as the one you posted. It really takes a dozy to make that list.
That Pat Sajak always seemed like such a nice boy.
Obama's quiet war is on PRIVATE employers.
Government is increasing in size with no problems. All the crony jobs are being filled as fast as they wake up.
No, it's Dumbo Ears' miserable record of serial failure that's going to doom him.
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!
How many tin foil hats do you wear at one time ?!?!?!? "prison industrial complex", "subtle racism", "lauighin stock of the world"
WOW!!! SO much fail in one post !!!
FIRST of all, the TRUE bigot jumps from the word PRISONER to BLACK. That leap was made by YOU, bigot.
SECOND of all, the British press refers to Obamugabe as "president panty waste" so not only is he perceived as a JOKE, but also a massive weak wimp. YEAH
THIRD of all, how weak is your ego when you think the criteria for presidency is win a popularity contest of being "cool" in the world? WOW! The worst foreign policy president, sorry, worst president of all, and you use THIS as an argument.
SO MUCH FAIL. Are you part of a "failure industrial complex", because it's hard to believe you could do that solo!
Translation: no.
Thanks idiot. Put the tin foil hats back on.
Where??!! Oh. Sorry, CL. I misunderstood you. I was thinkin' "lookie."
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If we can get enough people to understand that the only thing he knows is that he has big ears, Skinny Minnie's gonna be Melba toast.
When has Obama talked about manufacturing except during the last SOTU? His proposed "Jobs bill" was all about Cops, Firemen and Teachers! Code words =Unions . The manufacturing blather was election year crapola! Notice also he didn't offer corporations a reduced corporate tax rate to bring jobs back to America, he offered "incentives" to not ship jobs over seas! Slick but that is not will bring jobs back!
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