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Spoiler: the labor laws create their own layer of bureucracy. Companies have to hire extra people to observe these laws. There have to be lawyers and courts whi
by badpun 4y ago
Spoiler: the labor laws create their own layer of bureucracy. Companies have to hire extra people to observe these laws. There have to be lawyers and courts which specialize in those laws. These laws are inefficient and get in the way on many occassions (i.e. both employer and employee would rather not have them), but you're still required to observe them. You can't make things more regulated without making it more rigid and inefficient at the same time.
- okamiueru 4y agoThat's.... All in order, no? If workers want to be able to not be abused, they need to collectively bargain. Which, adds extra steps. But necessary ones? What am I missing?
- hparadiz 4y agoNegotiating your salary on an individual basis is common sense yet when put in the context of collective bargaining suddenly it's "extra steps" and "bureaucracy". Despite the fact that once you're in the job your employer rarely even gives you an opportunity to renegotiate the terms of your employment.
- 8note 4y agoNegotiating your own salary is negotiating from a point of weakness though? The company decides whether you eat or not, and you can't live long without eating
- x86x87 4y agoYou know, laws in general get in the way. You need to understand them, hire extra people to observe them. We need lawyers and courts. The laws are inefficient if not just straight up outdated, but you're still required to observe them.
- pixl97 4y agoWell, tell employers not to screw people over and we wouldn't have to have the laws. We hear the same line of BS about environmental laws, that they make things less efficient, yet the places that have them are objectively better.
- blt 4y agoFlexibility and efficiency are not the only goals worth pursuing.