[toyg]

The annoying part is that these bad practices tend to spread. They start in the worst jurisdiction, and then slowly spread to the adjacent ones - e.g. first in Australia or US, then to all anglo-speaking countries, then via UK to Western Europe... Unless they get hit by some brave soul with the stomach for a lengthy and expensive judicial process, they just become standard by way of bureaucracy, one overreaching form at a time.

[ericfrazier]

Or if workers universally say no. But if enough don't say no and the practice grows, then the workers get what they allow.