Re:FTC to crack down on companies taking advantage of gig wo...
by programmarchy on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:31PM
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There’s something more weird about tying healthcare to employment. In fact, it’s largely an accident of history:
> In 1943 the War Labor Board, which had one year earlier introduced wage and price controls, ruled that contributions to insurance and pension funds did not count as wages. In a war economy with labor shortages, employer contributions for employee health benefits became a means of maneuvering around wage controls.
> In 1943 the War Labor Board, which had one year earlier introduced wage and price controls, ruled that contributions to insurance and pension funds did not count as wages. In a war economy with labor shortages, employer contributions for employee health benefits became a means of maneuvering around wage controls.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235989/