Many such companies can well afford to take on more employees. They just don't want to. So, you have to draw a legislative line in the sand. Redefine the "le

Many such companies can well afford to take on more employees. They just don't want to. So, you have to draw a legislative line in the sand. Redefine the "level playing field" -- and its boundaries -- within which they compete. In order to give people their lives back. We see enormous displays of wealth, at the high end of compensation. It doesn't all have to go to the individuals who find ways to squeeze their employees ever harder. Make them spend some of it on more employees. P.S. Yeah, employees aren't simply "fungible". But there needs to be some balance against "always on" employment. Also, at the lower end of the workforce, against last-minute varying and fragmented scheduling -- keeping employees essentially at your beck and call while paying them only for the hours you actually call them in. Destroying family time and planning, sleep schedules, etc.