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This sentence: > The problem is that laws that proclaim to be on side of the employees > makes the labour market less competitive for employees. And, thi
by slgeorge 10y ago
This sentence:
> The problem is that laws that proclaim to be on side of the employees
> makes the labour market less competitive for employees.
And, this sentence:
> Look at france, they have have absurdly strong labour
> laws and their employment rate is awful because of this.
Are not necessarily connected.
It's possible to be an employee in France with very good protection, but that other people won't have jobs. That may or may not be good for total employment, it is not prima facie bad for individual employees.
You probably consider high employment rates to be more important than individual rights, other people may balance those two elements differently.
- UK-AL 10y agoNearly every country that has strong employment laws has higher levels of unemployment. You can argue all day about the possibilities. But empirically this is nearly always the case. I'm a pragmatist so I always what go for what is proven to work.
- slgeorge 10y agoI understand your perspective, I probably even personally agree with you. But again, you're weighing the value of 'increased employment' over 'individual rights'. I currently live in France, and there are protests in the streets as many people here don't want their employment rights reduced. They value their individual rights, over the idea of there being more people employed. Consequently, it is not a universal rule that the benefit of 'increased employment' is worth the reduction in 'workers rights'. In these areas, it's often worth getting outside our own bubbles and exploring the fact that there are rational alternative approaches. Politics is messy.