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What I don't see from this article which I would think is an important data point: are they making the same pay as if they worked 8 hours or are they getting pa
by throwaway2016a 10y ago
What I don't see from this article which I would think is an important data point: are they making the same pay as if they worked 8 hours or are they getting paid less?
I don't see how you can say they cost less without that data point.
Additionally, the health care difference would only make them cheaper for the employer (at least in the US) if the insurance companies gave discounts for working 6 hour days. If the 6 hour day people and the 8 hour day people are in the same pool it wouldn't actually save the company money (just the insurance companies)
- e12e 10y agoJust a note that for this study, the government ultimately pays the salaries and for the sick leave - so reducing the sick leave would reduce cost. [ed: additionally the the government also pays unemployment benefits, so if there was a surplus of nurses, that might activate some people that were unemployed as well]
- conductr 10y agoThere was an additional cost of $1.3M quoted, so I assumed they are making the same and the additions to workforce drove up costs