This will help to boost labour’s share of national income by increasing low- and middle-income workers’ compensation. Requiring all employers to provide paid sick leave should be another of the new administration’s goals. That is precisely why the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and not the Department of Labor, keeps data on paid sick leave. Congress can boost workers’ bargaining power by raising penalties for employers who misclassify workers and violate labour law. Perhaps, at long last, that sentiment will translate into concrete measures that benefit labour and apply a brake on corporate welfare.

Source: Mint December 31, 2020 17:37 UTC