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Because unemployment is low and skilled labor is expensive. No other reason.
by NoblePublius 8y ago
Because unemployment is low and skilled labor is expensive. No other reason.
- moate 8y agoI mean off the top of my head: More and more states are passing $15+ minimum wage laws and they'll need to compete, because saying you pay people more without context (like how many people will be laid off or converted to contractors) can be good PR, because you realized you were already paying all of these people approximately that rate so you can just streamline your hiring negotiations and save money. There's plenty of reasonable possibilities here.
- NoblePublius 8y agoPols increase the minimum wage after business signals it has to pay that wage anyway. That way the pols can pretend they do something