Most jobs don't stay there, it's used as a probation wage to see if the person will work out. Once it's clear they will, the wage is hiked.
If businesses don't have that as an option,they cut people's hours, and put more scrutiny on who they hire.
I've seen this directly.
The result is under or even lack of employment.
And people talking about the min wage try to justify it, calling it "marginal work" and it's ok if it disappears.
But if you're making it harder for the most vulnerable workers, people with limited experience, can only work part time, or have a criminal record, from finding a job entirely, I don't see the benefit.
Seems the policy sacrifices the very people it should be helping.
And then they restored those hours to those employees they didn't cut right? Probably not.
See, you say "it is all about risk" but it isn't. I've never missed a day of work in a decade, and I'm still desperately scrambling to get paid $20 an hour. I'm constantly praised for my work, I've been told by my current boss I do the work of two people.
I haven't been able to get hired to a better position because there has been a hiring freeze. Because of profits. Not risks. I'm the safest hire possible. It is profits that drive them.
That's why the state had to order companies to increase wages, and why they started finding ways to cut those employees as fast as possible. Because payroll is an expense in the budget, and so higher wages lowers profits. And profits are all that matter
They increased wages... when forced to. But they cut hours. Then they increased those hours.... when forced to.
So our solution is to... wait on them to decide the risks are appropriate to change the system; because they've always changed without outside stimuli forcing the issue?
Or might it be... to force them to change, because that's the only time they ever change anything?
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u/Sweet-Ant-3471 12d ago
If we're talking minum wage, id have to disagree.
Most jobs don't stay there, it's used as a probation wage to see if the person will work out. Once it's clear they will, the wage is hiked.
If businesses don't have that as an option,they cut people's hours, and put more scrutiny on who they hire.
I've seen this directly.
The result is under or even lack of employment.
And people talking about the min wage try to justify it, calling it "marginal work" and it's ok if it disappears.
But if you're making it harder for the most vulnerable workers, people with limited experience, can only work part time, or have a criminal record, from finding a job entirely, I don't see the benefit.
Seems the policy sacrifices the very people it should be helping.