• MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    1 month ago

    Disgusting!

    I wonder if a tax on this would help? Like the government will reclaim 150% of costs associated with providing welfare to a company’s employees from the company. Clearly, include administration fees and a fee fee. Maybe with tiers. 10% of employees, 150% of cost. 20% of employees, 200% of costs. Increasing as it goes. Include the part time workers.

        • Johnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.net
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          1 month ago

          I am not being defeatist. This will absolutely not happen until the empire collapses at which point much wilder things are going to happen.

          Stop being naive and get to work preparing for that eventuality.

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      1 month ago

      “include the part time workers” i dont think this is good. Part time has a place.

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        1 month ago

        Part-time employment is often used by employers to avoid paying benefits while normalizing grind culture

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        Yes, but Amazon already forces people to be part time so as to avoid paying benifits. They won’t give people full time hours while they advertise for more workers. So any penalties would need to be prorated per percentage of full time so at least there’s no further incentive to avoid having full time positions.

  • ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world
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    New law: companies are ineligible for government grants/tax breaks if >5% of employees are on welfare. Take away their biggest cash cow until they pay their employees a living wage.