A business shifting 20% of profit to more labor would

[TexasTowelie]

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I've been in situations where employers have stretched their salaried employees to the breaking point. There is some benefit to hiring more people so that people don't have to donate an additional 30 or 40 hours of work each week (no overtime, comp time or any offset). The Department of Labor needs to crack down on the abuse (particularly in the IT field) of exploiting exempt employees. Hiring extra personnel has some benefits that may not show up on the quarterly profit/loss reports.

I'm hopeful that increasing wages at the bottom would also be beneficial, particularly the minimum wage for tipped employees.