Comments on: No Washing Required

By: utsu

utsu — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:17:10 +0000

The employer must be able to demand a lot of things from employees. Of course, there should be more dialogue between employer and prospective employees, so that job seekers know in detail what they will have to do to meet the contract.

Steyn, a supporter of Gitmo and other abuses of human rights, is not allowed to say jack about free speech and stuff, though. Well, at least he doesn’t get a free pass doing so.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:50:54 +0000

Hah, I guess I should have known better than to joke about it; in today’s world, the truth is more bizarre than fiction.

I guess we’ll have to start a running list: never eat a fast food burger in BC, and hope like hell your appendix doesn’t threaten to rupture in UK.

By: PatHMV

PatHMV — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:28:13 +0000

The decision was of course absurd. However, in fairness, the Commission didn’t say she had to have a job handling food. The thrust of the opinion basically says that McDonald’s ought to give her a cashier job or something else which involves minimal contact with food, and let her wear gloves on the rare occasions when she would need to handle food. McDonald’s basic contention was that all of its jobs are "team" jobs, and every employee basically needs to be able to fill in for every other employee. They didn’t say that she had to be allowed to have a job doing food prep.

But yes, the decision on the whole was loony and my intention is to never eat at a restaurant in British Columbia until this ruling is reversed.

Oh, and Christine, the doctors washing is actually an issue in Britain right now, where some female Muslim doctors and nurses don’t want to expose their arms to view by males and thus wish to not have to scrub prior to surgery.

By: Claudia

Claudia — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:27:17 +0000

Hmmmm I wonder what business is going to be like in Canada McDonalds when the word gets out that they don’t get to enforce hand washing policies.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:11:45 +0000

Unbelievable. So I wonder how this law will be applied to hospitals if they have a surgeon who can’t scrub his/her hands?