points by blitzar 1 day ago | 0 comments
The point of minimum wage should be that people can only be exploited to a certain level by their circumstances and requirement for food and shelter.
There is of course still a black market
[–] 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 10 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.
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