points by n3xyf 1 day ago | 0 comments
The first thousand USD/mo a person earns has a different meaning to them than the second thousand, and the third thousand, and so on with diminishing returns. The point of minimum wage should be that no one is constantly fighting for their life, because a person in that situation is usually a harm to everyone.
[–] blitzar 1 day ago
[–] icantevenhold 1 day ago
In the gastro industry it’s extremely common (at least in my country) to be employed illegally (as in cash in hand directly).
Most restaurants you go to to eat would have to close if they needed to employ their workers legally. Same thing applies to bars and similar venues.
Source: worked in that industry 10+ years
[–] eru 1 day ago
Compensation for work comes in the forms of money, working environment, flexibility, etc.
A minimum wage is a ban on certain baskets of compensation for work.
It doesn't prevent 'exploitation', whatever that means. Companies fiercely competing for labour is what you want here.
[–] pydry 1 day ago
>A minimum wage is a ban on certain baskets of compensation for work
No, it's not.
[–] eru 1 day ago
That's literally how a minimum wage works legally: you can have the nicest work environment and biggest flexibility and awesome training (or not), but if the money part of the job is below some minimum, the job is banned.
[–] pydry 9 hours ago
Maybe try working one. Minimum wage jobs literally have among the worst working environments.
[–] eru 4 hours ago
I would have to move countries to do that. There's no minimum wage where I live.
There is of course still a black market