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Hoyt

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3. Small businesses-- with exceptions like lawyers, doctors and similar professionals-- seldom paid

Reply to IronLionZion (Original post)

Wed Apr 17, 2019, 05:48 PM

Apr 2019

best wages, offered better benefits, etc. In fact, many work related laws do no even apply to companies employing less than 25 or 50 employees.

I guess someday we’ll look back at these type laws forcing more small businesses to close or sell out. In some respects that’s good, in other respects, not so much.

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Why big business is giving up its fight against a higher minimum wage [View all] IronLionZion Apr 2019 OP

Because they can not get workers True Blue American Apr 2019 #1

If there was such a thing as a smart CEO, he/she would understand the value to the Aristus Apr 2019 #2

Small businesses-- with exceptions like lawyers, doctors and similar professionals-- seldom paid Hoyt Apr 2019 #3

Most small businesses are cash constrained. Blue_true Apr 2019 #5

Automation is coming to replace jobs. They know wages are going to fall. applegrove Apr 2019 #4