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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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It depends on the job. For most office jobs, I don't think it matters that much if you show up a bit late to go to the bank or if you're stuck in traffic, especially now that holding online meetings are easy.
But for a job where being late means holding up the work of hundreds of people, say, being an actor on set, then showing up ahead of time is very important.
When I got my first office job (after working retail and the like), I was uncomfortable when people would have a conversation and not be productive. It was burned into me that one should work at all times while "on the clock." I learned the phrase, "time to lean is time to clean," when working at a restaurant.
We really walk on people who work in service jobs. It's not right.
Why did you have to bring Vin Diesel into this?
I mean, just because you're on TV and get paid a lot of money doesn't mean the rules don't apply to you.