On: How Employers Get Out of Paying Their Workers

[bayesianhorse]

That makes some sense, superficially. But you forget that the workers who enter into a contract have a reasonable expectation that the employer is abiding by laws and will pay them minimum wage.

The minimum wage on the other hand is meant to make someone able to feed themselves and maybe even a family. Especially when holding multiple jobs, such unpaid overtime, even just opening/closing a shop can cut into that ability in a serious manner.

[icebraining → bayesianhorse]

That's exactly why I prefaced my post with "Except for minimum wage". I was only talking about workers paid above that.