Not only will this NOT raise wages for workers (for obvious reasons – you can't pay janitors, low skilled employees, nor replaceable employees half a million per year, if you want to stay in business), it will also create a system that ends up either automating or outsourcing the work force (and in turn hurting those same people that want this to happen).<p>This is totally self-destructive and counter-productive, and an example of a group of people with no real experience + absolute bad judgment attempting to force their ill conceived notions on anyone they think is preventing them from reaching the happiness they are entitled to (all without doing the hard work).<p>If you want to get paid well, take the chance and start your own business, or buy shares in an existing enterprise. Or have the ability to be skillful and in high demand.<p>> Schwan was paid 261 times as much as Roche's lowest paid worker in 2012, according to a study by employee group Travail.Suisse.<p>Perhaps Schwan created 261 times more value for the company than the lowest paid employee.
There seems to be one of two possible outcomes if a bill like this passes: Either swiss companies drastically raise worker salaries, or they just move their businesses out of the country.<p>Is anyone here familiar enough with how Switzerland's economy is structured to know which way it would lean?
Is Hacker News turning into Reddit? What does this article have to do with startups, tech or anything else HN is about?<p>Don't get me wrong, it's an interesting article but, frankly, there are plenty of other websites I can go to for this kind of content.