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Originally Posted by GGG
The dishwasher isn’t getting rehired unless the prep cook has an opportunity somewhere else that he doesn’t have to wash dishes.
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Like a place who can afford to hire a dishwasher with the new lower minimum wage?
This is exactly what happens, meaning there is competition, even for dishwashers. Perhaps the best dishwashers will even make slightly more than the new lower minimum wage and less than the prep cook.
In this example by raising the minimum wage you haven't helped the prep cook, you've just destroyed work for dishwashers.
Employment among youth is the lowest in Alberta's history. It's not a coincidence.