03-10-2013, 02:46 AM
I am sure someone knows the answer to this, but why cant the legislature make one minimum wage for businesses that employ say "less than 2,000 people" and another minimum wage for the rest? MY problem with the bigbox stores is that they dont pay people enough in ratio to their profits, and they try to skimp on benefits. They use their "extra" money for expansion and not for investment into their people. There is already some precedent for this as the substitute teachers are somehow "exempt" from getting health insurance even if they work the 20 hrs per week. All other business have to pay this. To me, this is some kind of "tiered benefit system" - which translates into money. (one population of workers is exempted from the law) I would have no problem with a walmart in puna if they had to pay everyone 12 dollars an hour plus benefits.