There are laws like this in places other than the US. They mostly make it so that companies hire full time employees at a much slower rate because they are afra

There are laws like this in places other than the US. They mostly make it so that companies hire full time employees at a much slower rate because they are afraid of the consequences of firing people. You end up with a two tier system of real employees and a sea of contractors. It's important to really think through what the actual results of a proposed policy will be. Unintended consequences abound.