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.
replyThere is of course still a black market
In the gastro industry it’s extremely common (at least in my country) to be employed illegally (as in cash in hand directly).
replyMost 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
Compensation for work comes in the forms of money, working environment, flexibility, etc.
replyA 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.
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reply>A minimum wage is a ban on certain baskets of compensation for work
replyNo, it's not.
Granted. But that means that there are negative effects to at least some hikes of the minimum wage. So now the discussion can be had about what the effects are and when which effects kick in and how much.
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