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> Maybe based on a ratio to the lowest paid employee or federal minimum wage. Make execs lobby to raise the minimum wage so they can increase their bonus or som
by pkaye 5y ago
> Maybe based on a ratio to the lowest paid employee or federal minimum wage. Make execs lobby to raise the minimum wage so they can increase their bonus or something.
Using the lowest paid employee ratio results in companies outsourcing the low pay jobs so that this ratio looks better. For example janitorial jobs.
- 6510 5y agoDon't give up so easy. Let there be a contract defining a minimum wage that companies can sign up for. Then forbid tier 3 companies from outsourcing anything to tier 1 or doing work for tier 5.
- arcticbull 5y agoAlternatively the law can be written so that the multiplier is against the greater of (1) the lowest paid domestic employee, or (2) the prevailing wage of the lowest paid foreign employee if they were domestically employed. Something like that, anyways.
- pkaye 5y agoThey can use multiple levels of indirection to skirt these laws. Form a separate legal entity or contract a company that contacts another company that employs the low income workers. Just too many ways to skirt the problem. Just simply mandate livable wages.
- arcticbull 5y agoFatalism is the best way.