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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by fergie on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @01:21PM (#38088249)
> Like any economically rational entity, your employer is going to respond by…

A weak argument that can be made about any general improvement to worker pay snd conditions. Its clear that societies that encourage workers rights have the strongest economies.

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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by nxm on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:03PM (#38088882)
Where is that true? France has very strong workers rights, and its GDP growth, for example, is significantly worse than that of the US.
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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by turquoisevar on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:27PM (#38089253)
GDP is a poor measure of a country’s prosperity or standard of living.

Based on GDP numbers Italy is barely ahead of Mississippi, even though spending 10 minutes in both will make it readily apparent that one is miles ahead in terms of prosperity than the other.

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Re:CA employers must reimburse remote workers for all necess... by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @07:02PM (#38092553)
> GDP is a poor measure of a country’s prosperity or standard of living.

So much this. Even if you do "GDP per capita", it's a piss-poor measure.

I think the greater measure of a country's prosperity is wealth equality. There will always be outliers, but how are the people in the 20-80 percentile doing?

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