If the 22nd Amendment didn't exist, would you vote for Pres. Bush?

[SamuelRSmith]

akuma587 said:

SamuelRSmith said:

akuma587 said:
A law of the biggest law firms in the U.S. expect you to work 60-80 hour weeks.

 

 12-16 hour long days? That's nuts! Seriously, the amount of people that moan about 8 hour days here. Considering that in the UK you're also entitled to 20 minutes break for every six hours work, 11 hours break between each working day, and atleast one day off a week. Again, these are minimum, and are usually considered bad breaks, especially the one day a week one.

What for minimum wage, national insurance, and long term illness in the US?

It is supposed to be $6.55, but I think I was only getting paid $5.75 once the raise took effect over the summer, but it is about to get bumped up over the summer to $7.25.

http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/flsa/

National insurance?  We don't even know what that is here.  We do get unemployment benefits though (if you qualify).

Long term illness coverage?  We don't know what that is either.

 

 National Insurance goes towards your pension, contributes to the NHS, contributes towards benefits, pays for sick pay, maternity leave, etc. Long term illness is basically covered by National Insurance. Long term pay pay essentially means that if you come under long term illness, you still have the right to full payment. If you become diabled whilst employeed, the employer also needs to allow them to work for as long as possible (no churning out of a factory because you've lost your arm, or something).

Minimum wage in the UK is currently £5.73 ($9.22)