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3490goat t1_jdw9sm5 wrote

Reply to comment by Antnee83 in Chipotle to pay former Augusta workers $240,000 for breaching labor laws by benpinette

When the cost of paying a fine is cheaper than the alternative, then it’s just a cost of doing business.

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Antnee83 t1_jdwaix4 wrote

That's what I'm getting at. I mean you can pick the issue out of a hat- whatever the punishment is for a corporation, it's wildly out of balance for what a person would get.

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3490goat t1_jdwehxt wrote

Yeah, a lot of the laws were made many years ago and the fines have stayed constant. We have corporate fines in 1970’s dollars that conflict with 2020’s profits. And of course current profits win out

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