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Originally posted by Spanky
It occurred to me that part of the problem is that Wal-Mart is avoiding the minimum wage by hiring part time employees. . . .
Then it occurred to me. How about raising the minimum wage for part time work? In other words, if you hire someone full time you can hire them at the current minimum wage, but if you only pay them part time you have to pay them two dollars more an hour.
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The wage is a wage. What are they avoiding?
The issue, if any, is that by not paying health benefits, they impose a cost on society generally to pick up the health care cost through medicaid or emergency room visits.
As for increasing the wage for part time work, that would completely screw someone trying to get into the workforce. Part-time jobs are often a way to show you can do it--why discourage employers from hiring those people?
