>If things like life expectancy, health, work life balance, et al matter to you: less so. The thing is, you need money(a strong industry and a strong market ec

>If things like life expectancy, health, work life balance, et al matter to you: less so. The thing is, you need money(a strong industry and a strong market economy) to afford to give your workers all these perks. If you just write them down as laws, many investors will simply avoid setting up shop in your country, meaning the workers in those countries might have good perks on paper but they'll have to settle with much lower wages because of the much fewer opportunities available to them.