NATION: Why does Our Government Exempt Itself from It's Own Laws?

I've wanted to write on this topic for years. I have worked for an employment law firm since 1998, and am amazed at how often our wonderful new employment laws were directed exclusively at private employers and not at the government itself. 

Most often, the reason those who enacted the laws (i.e., our elected representatives) gave for NOT applying it to their own employees was because the laws would be "too burdensome" for them, yet somehow, would not be too burdensome for private employers.  

The second most common reason the laws did not apply to them was simply because they would NEVER behave in the manner that the law was designed to prevent. Frankly, I'm amazed that the media never picks up on this completely hypocritical "let them eat cake" approach taken by those who write our laws.

This post will simply compile a list of recently enacted laws that apply to us (private employers) and not to them (the government). Let the fun begin. We will see if anyone cares, or is it just "business as usual".

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California Fair Pay Act of 2016: Designed to prevent "gender-based pay disparity" that is presumed to exist only in private enterprise and not in the government! The law will create burdensome new requirements on private employers and is sure to generate massive amounts of new litigation. Also, this law will place a disproportionate burden on small employers over large ones. 

This despite the fact that many studies have shown that the gender pay gap, when taking into account all factors, is only a few percentage points. Read more about the "myth of the gender pay gap" by clicking here. But hey, why listen to "science" when it doesn't align with the narrative that there is a "war against women" going on! 

But our government would NEVER have gender pay disparities because they are so wonderful, perfect and fair - right? Oh wait, both Hillary and Barack pay their male staff more than their female staff. Dang. Caught with their hands in the cookie jar again! Granted, this is a politically charged issue, but you can read more on Hillary and Barrack and how they are running their "war against women" that no media would dare report by clicking here.

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