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To: Les H who wrote (106316)6/4/2001 11:07:45 AM
From: flatsville  Read Replies (3) of 436258
 
>>>You'd also have to factor in the potential loss of hours, not just the potential loss of jobs. Many of those jobs are non-exempts, and higher minimum wage may impact the overtime compensation more greatly than the regular wage.<<<

This sounds good and I'd almost believe it if I didn't already know that only approx. half of the would-be beneficiaries of a minimum wage increase work full-time (48.2%) and another third (32.9%) work between 20 and 34 hours per week.

The problem for most of those earning minimum wage is that they can't get enough hours in a day or week to qualify for overtime or benefits that include the always elusive health insurance coverage.

No doubt you'll argue this state of affairs is proof that employers can't pay a minimum wage and benefits as it is and that any additional increase in the minimum wage only squeezes them further. I on the other hand think (and know for a fact, after having talked with some managers re: hours and hiring policies) that this is largely an engineered situation. (Let's remember, we've been in a tight labor market for the past few years. Theoretically minimum wage workers should be able to get all the hours they want, up to 40 and more. Consumer spending on crap has never been higher. Ask yourself why can't they get the hours? Better yet, ask them. They'll tell you why.)

Oh, and organized labor doesn't figure into most of these work environments.
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