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> Establish a work-sharing program that allows workers to collect unemployment assistance when employers choose to reduce hours instead of layoffs So I'm Walma
by pilom 13y ago
> Establish a work-sharing program that allows workers to collect unemployment assistance when employers choose to reduce hours instead of layoffs
So I'm Walmart (or some other large retail employer). What stops me from simply cutting every full time employee down to part time because I know the government will pay the difference in their salary?
Also curious why you think the minimum wage is a national issue? Why shouldn't each individual state or even city decide what minimum wage makes sense for them?
I do like the anti-discrimination for long-term unemployed and the National Infrastructure Bank (New Deal 2) though.
- npizzolato 13y agoThe federal government sets a national minimum wage. Any state is free to go beyond that. To flip your question around, why do you think that shouldn't be the case? Unless you don't believe in minimum wage at all, this would effectively remove the minimum wage of several states.
- kelnos 13y agoSo I'm Walmart (or some other large retail employer). What stops me from simply cutting every full time employee down to part time because I know the government will pay the difference in their salary? Presumably you think that you actually need those workers in your stores doing work, otherwise you'd just lay them off.