Yep, 100% legit. I checked. The tweet is still up and the twitter account is verified.
What a world…
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And the Republicans have managed to blame this all on the Green New Deal 
Which was never actually passed. It was aspirational.
Unless they somehow think Trump signed off on it, and the Republican senate passed it?
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Doesn’t matter. Lies are all good, provided they make people feel better about their prejudices.
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He’s truly delusional.
I hope.
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The situation would be much the same in australia.
Employees would be stood down without pay under s524 of the FWA and given the option to take paid leave entitlements if they want to receive payment.
I guess a big thing is the Yanks get 10 days of leave a year, we get 20.
And I wonder if we could use other types of leave?
Regardless, in such an event, we shouldn’t have to.
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Careful, that’s starting to sound like socialism.
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The scenarios where employees can be stood down without pay or given the option to take leave would often wipe out a company if they were required to continue unproductive payroll.
In recovery from such a disaster, it’s far better for everyone involved for the business to be intact and able to restart seamlessly. The alternative is it goes bust and everyone loses their jobs.
I give immense credit to businesses that voluntarily take that hit for their employees benefit.
What if an employer has to temporarily close?
Employers will have to determine employee entitlements if they have to temporarily close as a result of a natural disaster or emergency. This may include offering the choice of taking accrued paid leave or, in some cases, standing down employees.
The Fair Work Act 2009 (FW Act) allows employers to stand down employees in certain circumstances when the employee cannot be usefully employed. This includes where the employer cannot be reasonably held responsible for a stoppage of work. This may include work stoppages caused by natural disasters, such as bushfires or floods. An employer is not required to make payments to an employee for the period of a stand down, but may choose to pay their employees if they wish.
Under the FW Act employee stand down provisions do not apply during a period when an employee is taking authorised paid or unpaid leave (such as annual leave) or is otherwise entitled to be absent from work (such as on a public holiday). It may be appropriate to seek guidance on these matters if you are unsure.
The FW Act stand down provisions only apply when an employee’s enterprise agreement or employment contract doesn’t contain stand down provisions that deal with the same circumstances. You should check your enterprise agreement or employment contract to see if it contains any stand down provisions. If an employer stands down an employee under an applicable enterprise agreement or employment contract, the employer is required to comply with the terms of the enterprise agreement or employment contract in relation to stand down.
If an employer does stand down employees under the FW Act provisions, it’s best practice to tell those employees in writing (where possible), including:
- the start date of the stand down
- whether the employees will or will not be paid
- the effect on other employment entitlements.
An employer should also try to update employees about when they believe the stand down will end.
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Employers suffer enough during natural disasters. Paying employees wages while taking in no income would only add to the financial stress felt during these periods.
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About 10 years ago, I recall having to answer a “are you now or have you ever been a member of the Nazi party” question on a US immigration form. And providing the answer - for my 3 month old son.
So yes - they ask!
Kurt Waldheim got US backing to head up the UN, when his history was known to the authorities.
Post WW2, the standard Q was whether a person had been a member of or associated with the Communist Party.
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That question was very badly phrased. It wasn’t restricted to just the Nazis. It was something like “have you ever been a member of any organization, such as the Communist Party”
So if you were in the Boy Scouts as a kid, you would have to say “yes”. Of course no one wanted to argue with the humorless immigration officials so wrote “no”. That means at any time in the future the US can get them for a false declaration, like the old bloke above.
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There were plenty of former-Nazi Party members that the US willingly took in. Wernher Von Braun practically created NASA and was the same guy that designed and built the V2 rocket for the Nazis (knowingly using slave labour in inhumane conditions in the process). Operation Paperclip was the program to recruit and relocate German scientists, engineers and designers following WWII, with around 1600 (plus families in many cases) moving to the US. “Hey honey, despite the dodgy stuff I’ve been doing for the last decade, the Americans have offered me a job in Florida, with a house, steady pay, and immunity from charges. We either take it, or stay here in the rubble of Germany and probably get snatched by the Russians to do the same job in Siberia. What do you think?”
The US was pretty happy to turn a blind eye to past records when it suited them at the beginning of the Cold War, although since the 60s, many of the awards and forms of recognition that they received have been quietly renamed and/or rescinded.
Edit: The Brits had a similar program that was aimed at denying technological expertise to the Russkies, and was largely focused on aeronautical engineers.
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Look on the bright side - the boost to quality cinema in Europe following the Hollywood blacklist gave us an alternative to the technical dominance of the MGMs presentation of the American dream.
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