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Ontario Election 2007: (Vote October 10th) (pg. 19)
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| Abercrombie |
| Dalton can have this lousy day back in return for my health tax back |
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| djbruuen |
| yes agreed. My old job used to pay 1 1/2 for working rememberance day. |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
I think someone needs to make Remembrance Day a Statutory holiday first. |
agreed.
This "family day" may not be an "accomplishment", but this additional stat holiday does put Ontario on par with several other provinces.
at least Dalton has it as a stat holiday, so that parents aren't faced with day care issues as they are for mere school holidays.
now if only we could have a European model. Doesn't Spain provide for something like *60* holidays, lol! :eyes: let's not get into standard 4-6 weeks off to start from many employers there.
*sigh* |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| I get four weeks holidays already and I can't find the time to use them. I've used a total of 6 holiday days out of my 20 for this year and will probably only take another 3 or 4 days. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
I get four weeks holidays already and I can't find the time to use them. I've used a total of 6 holiday days out of my 20 for this year and will probably only take another 3 or 4 days. |
Thats because Canadian companies like to treat their employees like slaves.
Why not just push harder for your holidays? |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Thats because Canadian companies like to treat their employees like slaves.
Why not just push harder for your holidays? |
The company would have no problem in letting me take them.....just too much work to do....besides, a week off probably costs me $1,000.00 in bonus money I could make from what I bill in that week. |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
I think someone needs to make Remembrance Day a Statutory holiday first. |
+1
Do we have a stat holiday in Nov yet? I don't think so... |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
I get four weeks holidays already and I can't find the time to use them. I've used a total of 6 holiday days out of my 20 for this year and will probably only take another 3 or 4 days. |
I did that until this year, when I was so stressed that I *needed* some breaks. I have three weeks (four starting next spring) and had one week saved from last year, so I've gone away 3 times now and thank that I did or one or two people in my company, or clients, might be dead :P
my problem is similar to your bonus dilemna. ~75% of my pay is commission so 3-4 weeks off can be quite a chunk of change :( |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
Doesn't Spain provide for something like *60* holidays, lol! |
Yes, along with a ridiculous amount of vacation, and after having been there in August (during the peak of those holidays), I can safely say that it really wouldn't hurt for them to get off their asses instead of taking so many damn holidays.
Sorry, Ibiza doesn't count, you have to see the non-fairytale parts of the country in order to understand what I'm talking about. Seriously - you don't want Ontario running on Spain's business model.
I also wanted to comment on the "McGuinty had too much debt to keep his promises" claim - I realize that the PC left some debt behind, but have you forgotten how much they went in with? And yet Harris was able to keep most of his campaign promises, somehow. |
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| Magnetonium |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
yes, my polling station was DEAD. I was the only one in there at 6 p.m. perfect time after work and no one was there.
i think it had to do with the rain.
lol. pretty funny if you ask me. |
At my polling station, it wasnt raining all evening (and just misting in the first half, barely) and at the polling station it was dead like on a cemetary, pretty much. Very quiet. On lists, many names weren't crossed off, including my parents who didnt vote. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Magnetonium
At my polling station, it wasnt raining all evening (and just misting in the first half, barely) and at the polling station it was dead like on a cemetary, pretty much. Very quiet. On lists, many names weren't crossed off, including my parents who didnt vote. |
If you are concerned about people voting then what did you do to help get people to vote? No sense in bitching about it unless you actually are going to do something about it. |
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| MarkT |
| Smitherman and his people sent voicemails out offering a freakin' ride to the polls if you needed one, lol. |
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