A common dilemma job applicants face is balancing salary with working conditions and labor violations.
The researchers estimate that within local industries “a 10% increase in the average wage is associated with a 0.15% decrease in the number of violations per employee and a 4% decrease in fines per dollar of pay.” That’s a 10-percentage-point drop from 1983, the first year comparable statistics became available, the agency said.
That’s been especially true during the pandemic where lower-paid workers have contracted coronavirus at disproportionately higher rates than higher-paid workers, according to research published in September by Brookings, a left-leaning think-tank. Meanwhile, a July 2020 survey of more than 21,200 nurses conducted by the National Nurses United union found that just 24% of nurses believed their employer was providing a safe workplace, and 87% of hospital nurses said they had reused at least one form of single-use personal protective equipment.
The wage increases she studied were primarily driven by industry conditions, namely an increase in demand for workers with a particular skill, and not labor regulations. The rights of gig workers also complicates the picture.
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