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Instead of just making guesses about what the hypothetical payoff would be for a business, why not look at actual data? A report from the Economic Policy Insti
by TheCoelacanth 9y ago
Instead of just making guesses about what the hypothetical payoff would be for a business, why not look at actual data?
A report from the Economic Policy Institute[1] found that minimum wage violations affected 17% of workers in the states surveyed (the ten most populous in the US) and averaged $3,300 per worker who was affected.
[1] http://www.epi.org/publication/employers-steal-billions-from-workers-paychecks-each-year-survey-data-show-millions-of-workers-are-paid-less-than-the-minimum-wage-at-significant-cost-to-taxpayers-and-state-economies/ http://www.epi.org/publication/employers-steal-billions-from...