HappySqurriel said:
Do you think that the vast majority of individuals would work more than a 40 hour work week, would not receive vacation, or would not get sick-leave if the government didn't mandate it? |
Contractors, whom corporations increasingly rely upon, go unpaid if they are sick or go on vacation. Salaried employees are driven to work far more than 40 hours a week in corporate circles. Certain retailers happen to want to put as many people into management, so they don't need to pay them overtime. Other individuals will be put in a place by companies that want them to do work, and not pay them for it. So, if a company can get free labor, they will go for it. You see this case with unpaid interns:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03intern.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&hp
