From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 17:58:51 MDT
Now Regina,
You said you were only going to give a partial answer to the problem.
You pay taxes on your profit. You pay payroll taxes on the employees wages.
You pay unemployment tax and Medicare Tax on his wages. You spend money to
write up great books of info for OSHA. You pay to have safety procedures
written up for that agency. Then you pay to be compliant with the EPA. Then
a part blood Indian like me comes along and you suddenly have a credit to
your EEO or whatever they call it. Then your attorney says there is at least
three or four clear but diffferent definitions of an American Indian is
anyway. (would you believe I used to be an American Indian by one definition
but that I am not an Indian anymore -- my lifestyle changed and no longer
fits the definition)
I am tired and intend to quit but I know darned well I have missed a
couple of biggies -- at least.
One short story out of my own history -- Once upon a time a start up
company was catching heck from OSHA because they didn't have a written
procedure for what is known as a lock out procedure. In other words when
someone (a mechanic, etc) starts to repair a machine he has a way of locking
out the control panel so no one can turn on the machine possibly injuring him
or someone else -- he will typically hold the only key to his padlock. So,
as this procedure varies slightly from one type of machine to another I spent
a week interviewing everyone, writing up the procedure and vetting it with
everyone concerned. What did my written procedure consist of? Exactly what
they had been doing all along. But can you imagine a small start up company
having to chose between hiring a consultant to write up a procedure they were
already following or possibly paying a fine they told me could easily run a
$100,000? Could it run that high? I don't know anything about OSHA. <G>
Ron h.
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