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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by AJ007 on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @05:00PM (#12213359)
Does this mean if a company loses money the employees should contribute to the funding of the company rather than take a salary?
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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by matthewowen on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @05:08PM (#12213427)
No. Why would that be a remotely rational thing for them to do?

When I use "should" in my earlier post, I don't intend it as an ethical "should". I mean it as a "if everyone acts in a rational way, this should, eventually, be the outcome".

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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by marcosdumay on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @05:35PM (#12213607)
If everyone acts in a rational way, and there is no occurrence of monopolies or price fixing, and if information is widely distributed, and a few other "ifs" that are not obviously missing from the scene, this should, eventually, be the outcome
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Re:Massachusetts Bans Employers from Asking Applicants About... by matthewowen on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @06:07PM (#12213798)
True :).
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