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Hiking Minimum Wage Could Lead to More Work Force Automation: Gretchen Baldau in The Washington Times
The number of entry-level jobs drops as businesses raise prices to compensate for rising labor costs.
ALEC Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Director, Gretchen Baldau, tells The Washington Times the number of entry-level jobs drops as businesses raise prices to compensate for rising labor costs.
The number of entry-level jobs drops as businesses raise prices to compensate for rising labor costs, said Gretchen Baldau of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a network of conservative investors and state legislators.
“Minimum-wage hikes will force many employers to cut hours, reduce available positions or even consider substitutes to physical labor such as automation,” Ms. Baldau said in an email.