Monday, 7 June 2010

Flowers!

An exam in labour rights. The last official exam of the first year. Somehow I feel like I should be freaked out. Like I should hyperventilate and just "oh my god, oh my god, oh my god - I haven't studied enough - OH MY GOD!". I definitely shouldn't look forward to it, but there's just something about having an exam and not really being able to be wrong.

Let me explain; "Joe abuses his wife and likes to get drunk after work. One day he hits another employee, after work, after one beer to many. Is it wrong to fire him?"

If I wanted to fire him I'd answer "yes" and find something in the law about how he can't co-operate and that people are scared of him. "If he abuses his wife - what is saying that he won't abuse his co-workers?".

If I wanted to say "no" then I'd state that he's actually not doing anything at work and he's still doing his job, so it's wrong to fire him.

You see where I'm going with this, right? And yes, of course I'll argue for the second alternative. It's much more fun.

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