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I think transparency laws are a lot more important than minimum-wage laws. Give people information and you give them options; they can see at a glance if there
by nostrademons 5y ago
I think transparency laws are a lot more important than minimum-wage laws. Give people information and you give them options; they can see at a glance if there's a better job out there than their current position, and avoid wasting time applying to jobs that won't pay better. Force people not to work at certain prices and you take away options.
- notahacker 5y agoMinimum wage employees aren't earning minimum wage because they are unaware other jobs pay more, they're earning minimum wage because they're unable to get those jobs. At that end of the market the pay rates are generally pretty transparent anyway, because there's no negotiation and no "10x dishwasher" that the company worries about deterring if they disclose what the existing staff earn.