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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Compulsory to continue to work at your place of employment is quite a bit different from in the job description when you signed on.
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Except companies and governments change what is compulsory all the time, based on changing and evolving situations, including those that weren't necessarily foreseen when the rules were drawn up.
Seatbelts weren't mandatory when cars were invented. Smoking was allowed in public spaces. The allowable limit for alcohol used to be higher. Airports and airlines introduced baggage reconciliation. Asbestos was used as insulation. Lead was used in gasoline. You used to be able to have pictures of naked women on your locker at the plant. Roofers could work without safety harnesses. Most of the rules in a company's handbook are there because at some point, something happened that made that rule a necessity.