Power and Money in the bathroom

The HB2 bathroom bill is crazy like a fox. part 1. is all about bathrooms. Ridiculous! Part 2. is all about money, compensation of labor and consolidation of government power. Our current General Assembly has not proven itself to be friendly to the people in it's brief past. ex. Did your state tax go up...a lot? Do you notice new fees? New taxes? I can’t see this working out well for people called employees (not contract labor). We are going to end up being better off with a 1099 life so to speak charging whatever you can get. That is what my whole life has been and it has worked out ok for me. That concept would probably play hell with worker scheduling, retention and reliability for employers. Plus government has to get the tax out of 1099’s too. A labor beat down will continue. After all labor is business expense number one. Cheaper labor, more jobs. Cheap labor is a freindly business environment. On and on.... My thought is part 1. will be repealed. Part 2. will stay and the mission will be accomplished.

Here is some of part two of House Bill 2

(b) The public policy of this State is declared as follows: The wage levels of employees, hours of labor, payment of earned wages, and the well-being of minors are subjects of concern requiring legislation to promote the general welfare of the people of the State without jeopardizing the competitive position of North Carolina business and industry. The General Assembly declares that the general welfare of the State requires the enactment of this law under the police power of the State.

(c) The provisions of this Article supersede and preempt any ordinance, regulation, resolution, or policy adopted or imposed by a unit of local government or other political subdivision of the State that regulates or imposes any requirement upon an employer pertaining to compensation of employees, such as the wage levels of employees, hours of labor, payment of earned wages, benefits, leave, or well-being of minors in the workforce.

Here is a link to the whole Bill.

http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2015E2/Bills/House/PDF/H2v1.pdf