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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Paying an employee minimum wages just means you'd pay them less if it was legal.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago

Yup. The bare minimum because the law says you must.

These fuckers would all keep slaves if it wasn't illegal. It's not the ethical and moral disgrace of slave owning that stops them, but the legal aspect of it.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

so? that's why laws exist, right?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

it is indicating the employers attitude towards their workers