Recent questions tagged minimum wage

Description : Should the minimum wage be tied to some economic metric?

Last Answer : Cost of living seems like the obvious one to me, if realistically assessed. More interesting and egalitarian would be highest income. As in, the minimum wage is some fraction of the highest person’s income, not adjusted by any loopholes.

Description : Do you think we should have a Federal Minimum Wage?

Last Answer : You’re right – capitalism doesn’t work.

Description : Would Americans do the jobs that undocumented workers do now?

Last Answer : Possibly in urban areas, but in agricultural areas - many place in the Midwest, as well as California, Alabama, Georgia - Americans have not opted to fill the jobs usually done by undocumented workers. ... bottom line is that the undocumented do play a role in the US economy and our food supply.

Description : How high do you think a government mandated minimum wage should go?

Last Answer : It should be indexed by inflation. Every year.

Description : Should I have asked for anything other than minimum wage? (detals inside)

Last Answer : Edit I applied as a cashier.

Description : Creeping prices, an effect of the raise in minimum wage in the future?

Last Answer : The tiresome justification for slave wages. But let's step back and consider for a second the Walmart heirs now worth billions from the simple tactic of routinely paying employees a wage insufficient ... living, but are fed by taxpayers. Profits are privatized while expenses are socialized. Get it?

Description : Is there any backlash to McDonald's going partially automated?

Last Answer : Looks like fun, but am worried that it was a way to avoid paying a suggested minimum wage of $15/hour.

Description : What is the minimum wage in your area, and what would that wage have to go up to, to make it a minimum living wage?

Last Answer : answer:It can't happen The minute that whatever minimum wage is imposed on employers, all goods and services will become more expensive either because personnel costs are passed on to consumers, or because ... about money at the 70K/year mark. So the daydream answer to your question is 70K/year.

Description : What are the main arguments against minimum wage increases and why are they fallacious?

Last Answer : If everyone gets a raise then no one does. It is a relative income that matters. Prices for products level off. Another point is how valuable is a humans hour of work is. Better educational ... for 18 years or more. Better health means fewer sick days and more profit from a humans perspective,

Description : Should minimum wage be raised to $10.10 an hour?

Last Answer : answer:Slightly off topic, but I want know how is it determined minimum wage? Is there a specific process?

Description : Could increasing the minimum wage have unintended, negative consequences for some people?

Last Answer : Like most things, there are always unintended circumstances that arise. I can see people losing hours, or future employees coming in as p/t only, and then there is no penalty of overtime pay if they work ... where they can benefit in other ways to make up for the increase in wages they have to pay.