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Compare with indentured labour: > An indentured servant or indentured labor is an employee (indenturee) within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a contr
by scribu 9y ago
Compare with indentured labour:
> An indentured servant or indentured labor is an employee (indenturee) within a system of unfree labor who is bound by a contract (indenture) to work for a particular employer for a fixed period.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentured_servitude
- kasey_junk 9y agoSo not at all the same? Look this is a stupid law that is bad for both employers & employees in Idaho but it's not indentured servitude.
- wavefunction 9y agoThe fixed contract sounds likes a non-compete to me. You're working for the company after your employment has ended, with no compensation.
- scribu 9y agoI didn't say they're identical, but they do seem similar in spirit. Indentured servitude: you either obey the contract, or go to jail. Non-compete: you either obey the contract, or go work in a different industry (in effect, become poorer, since you have to start over).
- tptacek 9y agoWhat contract related to employment can't you say that about?
- crdoconnor 9y agoIt increases employers' leverage over their employees. That isn't bad for employers. Even employers who are restricted from hiring will benefit in the form of lower wages and a more pliable workforce.
- kasey_junk 9y agoIt will help some employers & hurt others, but Idaho has been trying to boost their small tech scene. To do that they need out of state transplants. This law makes it less likely for that to happen. To say nothing of the opportunity costs of the lowered economic output.