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House Bill (HB) 500, which is to be heard in the House Small Business and Information Technology Committee Wednesday, would take away Kentucky workers’ rights to lunch and rest breaks at work and would eliminate pay protections, including for time spent traveling to and from a job site during work hours. It is an assault on longstanding basic rights and dignities on the job that will harm practically all Kentucky workers. Specifically, HB 500:

Repeals the requirement that employers provide a lunch break. Currently, businesses must provide a lunch break every three to five hours, but that right would be eliminated under HB 500. Instead, HB 500 says only that a worker required to keep working without a lunch break can’t be denied pay if they juggle eating something while on the job.

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[-] yourgodlucifer@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They responded to all of the reviews saying politics are not relevant and they are reporting the review to yelp. Even on an old review that said they never showed up What a piece of shit.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

"Your negative review only hurts the hard working employees of Pratt's Lawn and Landscaping."

"Hurting our hard working employees is the exclusive privilege of our company owner and sponsor of the bill you're complaining about, Representative Phillip Pratt [R]" /s

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Asshole. He can't do that to the Angie's List reviews though.

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

That last one was kept on. One note on Yelp that I did find ironic:

Your trust is our top concern, so businesses can't pay to alter or remove their reviews. Learn more about reviews.

Yelp apparently does not trust consumers to let them know of owners supporting inhumane working conditions.

[-] yourgodlucifer@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

there are now some totally real 5 star reviews coulden't even be bothered to use a name other than evan s

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edit: was gunna post a review but they are blocking reviews how convinient

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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

So that looks like it could be this employee of that landscaping company:

...and...

This could be THIS employee of that landscaping company:

I wonder if Yelp has policies against employees posting fake review?

source

[-] SeaJ@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

I reported those reviews since they are almost certainly employees. Feel free to visit their IG:

https://www.instagram.com/prattslawnandlandscape

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