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Pay your employees a living wage
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[โ€“] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

unenforced laws in a country are nobody's problem but that country's. One can't blame tourists for one's own lack of enforcement.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Even if it was enforced to the letter of the law, that's still only $1,160 gross wages per month (assuming the employee got a full 40 hours for 4 weeks). Federal law stipulates that workers are paid at least US minimum wage which is $7.25/hour. Federal law doesnt say anything about guaranteeing the raised minimum wage rate set by any state legislature.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 4 months ago

    You seemed to say that federal law provides protection for underpaid workers, and I pointed out that it doesn't provide that protection. You then blame the country for the lack of protection, which seems tantamount to victim-blaming here - you seem to imply they shouldn't be working where they are.

    I agree that the tourists are not the cause of the issue - but are places that engage in this practice places you want to patronize?

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