On 4/20/2021 1:21 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:



I don't have a good solution to the problem. There are many low skill
jobs that need to be done. Such as garbage collection that really needs
to be done. Without that after a while a city would be unliveable.. Who
is to say that job should not be paid as much as a ball player ? We can
do without the ballplayers but not garbage collection.

Correct, we need the unskilled. At least pay them enough to be able to
eat and have some sort of housing.


What is really laughable to me is some jury pay. Some hardly get enough
to eat lunch on.


Jury pay can be a money maker. When I served I was told just keep the
money because the paperwork to adjust was a PITA as I got my regular pay
for the week too.

As an employer, you are obliged to release any employee summoned for
jury service. ... Employers are required to pay employees for the first
ten days of jury service under the Fair Work Act 2009. However, this
does not apply to casual employees.