31 December, 2007
Promptitude
Today, for the first time in 2007 my flight from Charleston International Airport (CHS) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) departed on time, if not a few minutes early, and arrived more than thirty minutes early. For anyone who has flown anywhere this year, this is a bit of a rarity. Between snow, thunderstorms, wind, and ice, this has been an unpleasant year for the friendly skies; but on 31 December, 2007, I was given a glimmer of hope. Imagine my surprise when not only did the cabin door close before departure time, but the jet taxied to runway 33 and the wheels were up before departure time. I almost forgot about the front end of my Thanksgiving trip being delayed over eight hours because my flight got canceled; the back ends of my West Coast trips having three to four hour delays; or my family reunion trip almost not happening. Kudos to my default air carrier for letting my 2007 air travel experience end on a good note.
27 December, 2007
Compensation
Today, the Supreme Court of the Great State of South Carolina ruled that a company must pay workers compensation to an illegal alien in 26409 - Curiel v. Environmental Management Services. The final ruling of the court seem in line with the statute:
"Every person engaged in an employment . . . including aliens and also including minors, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed."
Not to mention the opinion in the ruling carries a certain amount of common sense:
"Further, allowing benefits to injured illegal alien workers does not conflict with the IRCA’s policy against hiring them. To the contrary, disallowing benefits would mean unscrupulous employers could hire undocumented workers without the burden of insuring them, a consequence that would encourage rather than discourage the hiring of illegal workers."
Even though the court made a ruling in line with the statute the divisive politicians and talking heads decided this court ruling must be some sort of tragedy that the state General Assembly must fix immediately. One of the first state senators to chime in on this was Glenn McConnell.
Senator McConnell seemed to indicate that this ruling would cheat citizens out of money they put into the state disability insurance fund. He failed to mention the money that so-called illegal immigrants put into the system when they work. Any law to change this statute would result in illegal immigrants putting money into a system that insures everyone except them. The ultimate result would be correspond to the opinion quoted above. Things like this get lost in the propaganda of the times.
The real solution, which is almost always the solution to immigration questions, it for employers to do better due diligence. Instead, people attempt to be as divisive, abusive, and polarizing about this as they can.
"Every person engaged in an employment . . . including aliens and also including minors, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed."
Not to mention the opinion in the ruling carries a certain amount of common sense:
"Further, allowing benefits to injured illegal alien workers does not conflict with the IRCA’s policy against hiring them. To the contrary, disallowing benefits would mean unscrupulous employers could hire undocumented workers without the burden of insuring them, a consequence that would encourage rather than discourage the hiring of illegal workers."
Even though the court made a ruling in line with the statute the divisive politicians and talking heads decided this court ruling must be some sort of tragedy that the state General Assembly must fix immediately. One of the first state senators to chime in on this was Glenn McConnell.
Senator McConnell seemed to indicate that this ruling would cheat citizens out of money they put into the state disability insurance fund. He failed to mention the money that so-called illegal immigrants put into the system when they work. Any law to change this statute would result in illegal immigrants putting money into a system that insures everyone except them. The ultimate result would be correspond to the opinion quoted above. Things like this get lost in the propaganda of the times.
The real solution, which is almost always the solution to immigration questions, it for employers to do better due diligence. Instead, people attempt to be as divisive, abusive, and polarizing about this as they can.
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