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When the government is the one doing the hiring, they don’t have to pay market rates. They can decide add on hazard pay. This system already exists - it’s why
by elil17 6y ago
When the government is the one doing the hiring, they don’t have to pay market rates. They can decide add on hazard pay.
This system already exists - it’s why police get better pay and benefits compared to jobs with similar education requirements and levels of danger in the private sector (e.g. delivery drivers). Why couldn’t that hazard pay be extended to these psychiatric responders?
- souprock 6y agoYes they have to pay market rates. Suppose they don't. They declare the job to be worth $2/hour, which they can do because minimum wage is just a law the government can change. Nobody takes the job. Now what? Those job openings go unfilled forever, literally forever, until the government decides to pay market rate. The only way to pay below market rate is conscription. The government could draft people, forcing them to do the job. If people are free to leave, they are getting market rate.