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Lax labor laws are incredibly good for the employee as it contributes to more opportunities and thus upward pressure on wages. In states with lax labor laws, it

Lax labor laws are incredibly good for the employee as it contributes to more opportunities and thus upward pressure on wages. In states with lax labor laws, it’s not who you know but what you know. Edit: Citation provided below https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-moving-headquarters-austin-texas-says-ceo-musk-2021-10-07/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-...

romwell 5y ago
>Lax labor laws are incredibly good for the employee as it contributes to more opportunities and thus upward pressure on wages. In states with lax labor laws, it’s not who you know but what you know. Citation needed.
- missedthecue 5y ago
  Who has had faster wage growth over the past 10 years- France or China?
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > Who has had faster wage growth over the past 10 years- France or China? The one that started out less fully industrialized, because of the opportunity to import technology and make catch-up gains, as one would expect if labor laws had no contribution.
  - romwell 5y ago
    Did you mistake the comment input form with a Google query input field, or was it a bad-faith question?
    - missedthecue 5y ago
      It was a mixed faith question. We both know the answer. It was rhetorical. That point isn't that labor laws are bad. They save a lot of lives. But if you have a lot of laws that stifle productivity, such as (important) OSHA laws, it's natural that wage growth will be stifled as well. For instance, truckers would make a lot more money if our labor laws let them drive more hours per day, or at a faster speed limit. But we don't let them do that and therefore their productivity and wage potential are capped. There aren't going to be any citations about this, because there's no point in studying it. It's just plain old deductive reasoning.
      - sofixa 5y ago
        I'm sure many people will agree that sacrificing people's lives for higher productivity and wage potential isn't great and it's kind of exploitative. Furthermore, for many white collar professions, which are among the main productivity boosters and growers, time spent on the job is counterproductive past a certain point.
systemvoltage 5y ago
Agreed, California is a disaster if you're a small company trying to hire employees. If you hire top talent, great; if you end up with poor performing and toxic employee, almost impossible to fire them without fearing a multi-million dollar lawsuit taking your entire business with it. The thing you spent many years working towards can get snitched by badapples that take advantage of California laws. California has some of the best and smart people but the Government of California has been nothing but a disaster on all fronts - crime, cost of living, ease of business, upward mobility, public transportation, the entire gamut.

romwell 5y ago

>Lax labor laws are incredibly good for the employee as it contributes to more opportunities and thus upward pressure on wages. In states with lax labor laws, it’s not who you know but what you know. Citation needed.

missedthecue 5y ago
Who has had faster wage growth over the past 10 years- France or China?
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Who has had faster wage growth over the past 10 years- France or China? The one that started out less fully industrialized, because of the opportunity to import technology and make catch-up gains, as one would expect if labor laws had no contribution.
- romwell 5y ago
  Did you mistake the comment input form with a Google query input field, or was it a bad-faith question?
  - missedthecue 5y ago
    It was a mixed faith question. We both know the answer. It was rhetorical. That point isn't that labor laws are bad. They save a lot of lives. But if you have a lot of laws that stifle productivity, such as (important) OSHA laws, it's natural that wage growth will be stifled as well. For instance, truckers would make a lot more money if our labor laws let them drive more hours per day, or at a faster speed limit. But we don't let them do that and therefore their productivity and wage potential are capped. There aren't going to be any citations about this, because there's no point in studying it. It's just plain old deductive reasoning.
    - sofixa 5y ago
      I'm sure many people will agree that sacrificing people's lives for higher productivity and wage potential isn't great and it's kind of exploitative. Furthermore, for many white collar professions, which are among the main productivity boosters and growers, time spent on the job is counterproductive past a certain point.

systemvoltage 5y ago

Agreed, California is a disaster if you're a small company trying to hire employees. If you hire top talent, great; if you end up with poor performing and toxic employee, almost impossible to fire them without fearing a multi-million dollar lawsuit taking your entire business with it. The thing you spent many years working towards can get snitched by badapples that take advantage of California laws. California has some of the best and smart people but the Government of California has been nothing but a disaster on all fronts - crime, cost of living, ease of business, upward mobility, public transportation, the entire gamut.