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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 44 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 days 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 3 days ago (1 children)

so? that's why laws exist, right?

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

it is indicating the employers attitude towards their workers