The other way around, they are being paid as little as companies can get away with because remote is not a protected class. Profits come from unpaid wages. Imagine a hypothetical(?) scenario where market economics say you can get away with paying less for marginalized individuals. Disability, gender, religion, age, race etc. Would it be OK?

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