“It doesn’t matter what minimum wage is because lots of people make more than minimum wage!”
Which is kinda true when essentially no-one except for teenagers makes minimum wage.
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otp@sh.itjust.works 4 months agoYes, that’s the point.
There are a ton of people in the US who have none of that paid leave.
In France (and many other countries), paid leave is a right that’s protected by law. So everyone gets it.
aidan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
essentially no-one except for teenagers makes minimum wage.
Do you have a source for that?
aidan@lemmy.world 4 months ago
1.1% of workers earned the minimum wage or less
44% being under 25, despite only 20% of total workers being under 25.
This data doesn’t not include tips or commissions.
70% of those earning at or below minimum wage worked in hospitality, 65% food preparation and serving related. 49% were part time workers.
0.8% of all workers earned minimum wage or below, but 3.1% of 16-19 year olds did.
Unfortunately it doesn’t break down with tips/commissions. But you can sort of innacurrately guess at it by seeing that 57% of the below minimum wage is 25+. This means they are earning tips (assuming their not paid illegally). So, majority of those earning minimum wage without tips are probably 16-24.
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Thank you for the source. 1.1% is a small percentage, but a lot of people, especially when talking about a country the size of the US.
Another element that’s difficult to capture, but relevant, is how many people are making wages that would be influenced by a raised minimum wage? Raising it one dollar would probably capture a lot of people. Raising it $5 even more. The $15/h some places were championing for would likely capture quite a lot of people, especially of it were enacted nation-wide, but I understand that that’s a very far reach.
I worked at a place that paid minimum wage + X, where X was based on experience and such. This included new hires. At some point, they stopped bumping previous employees up when minimum wage went up, and of course they wondered why a lot of long-term staff were quitting lol
protist@mander.xyz 4 months ago
I didn’t say at all that it doesn’t matter
otp@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I don’t think anybody who sees this would think that literally nobody in the USA has a job that offers any paid time off.