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The solution to this is super simple. Offer 600+n where n increases until they agree to come back. Don’t have a viable business at those labor costs? Bummer.
by andymoe 6y ago
The solution to this is super simple. Offer 600+n where n increases until they agree to come back. Don’t have a viable business at those labor costs? Bummer.
- toomuchtodo 6y ago"Employees better compensated by unemployment benefits than minimum wage that hasn't been appropriately adjusted for inflation and cost of living by Congress and states." would've been a more appropriate title, but not as inflamatory.
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- taude 6y agoIt's not just the unemployment benefits, though, people are getting an extra $600/week ON TOP of their regular unemployment benefits. And that's what's making this situation a little different.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoThanks for pointing out that traditional state unemployment benefits alone are also insufficient for adequately cushioning citizens from job loss, and that federal intervention was required. Otherwise, your state unemployment benefits are going to be right around or somewhat above US poverty level guidelines for an individual. If you want people to stay home to not exacerbate a pandemic, you pay them to stay home.
- pb7 6y agoSimpler idea: stop paying the extra $600/week once deemed safe to return.
- vkou 6y agoIs it safe to return? What makes it any safer today than it was a month ago, when we were seeing exponential growth all over the country? Most workplaces do not allow social distancing. Many minimum wage employees take transit to work, which does not allow social distancing. Many of them would be completely ruined by medical bills if they catch COVID-19 - even if they don't need to be hospitalized. A single doctor's visit can run you hundreds of dollars in this country. Many of them live with vulnerable people, who would die, if they catch it. Many of them are currently taking care of children. Are you ready to pay for their medical bills? Their transportation? For rebuilding their workplaces in a manner that allows social distancing? Are you going to watch their child while they are at work? If not, don't be in such a hurry to send them back to work.
- pb7 6y ago>Is it safe to return? Nope and that's why the $600/week increase is already guaranteed to stay through at least July.
- slenk 6y agoBut who gets to decide when its safe? State governments are pushing to open back up (Georgia) when the public doesn't seem to want it.
- vkou 6y agoI would figure that the people who get to decide whether it is safe are doctors. Politicans can choose if they want to re-open, but they don't get to declare a re-opening safe. They aren't qualified to do that. Just because the Kremlin said that there was no radiation risk at Chernobyl didn't make it true. If I take my car to a mechanic, and he tells me that my brakes aren't working, I can drive away without choosing to pay for repairs. But I can't go around telling people that my brakes are fine.
- RandomThrow321 6y ago> once deemed safe to return. I don't think the person you've responded to is implying what you seem to think.
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- andymoe 6y agoBtw, the 1200 bucks they are sending folks once is basically a bit over federal minimum wage for a month of full time work.