My mom worked very hard and well for a company that administered benefits for union employees. The way that things worked would be that if you worked at least a certain number of hours in January you would have medical insurance coverage in March. But not February. If you worked the required number of hours in February, you'd be covered for April. And so on.
In going through her things after she died, I found letters to her bosses about how well she'd treated the plumbers, electricians, etc. I know she would take work home and do it off the clock.
What was really unfortunate, for me, is believing that her job shouldn't exist. To me it's crazy the expenses we have a universal healthcare system.
Of course, that also applies to avoiding taxes, etc. There was an attorney interviewed on a recent podcast about tariffs - he specialized in finding things like shipping bikes from China without tires and the tires from Vietnam would be much less in tariffs than just shipping from China.
In going through her things after she died, I found letters to her bosses about how well she'd treated the plumbers, electricians, etc. I know she would take work home and do it off the clock.
What was really unfortunate, for me, is believing that her job shouldn't exist. To me it's crazy the expenses we have a universal healthcare system.
Of course, that also applies to avoiding taxes, etc. There was an attorney interviewed on a recent podcast about tariffs - he specialized in finding things like shipping bikes from China without tires and the tires from Vietnam would be much less in tariffs than just shipping from China.