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barsquid@lemmy.world 1 month agoYou are correct but you have to survive not being paid long enough to win the court case. Sometimes even when people know their rights they are living paycheck to paycheck and cannot risk being fired.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Did you just say you would rather die than not be paid?
DillyDaily@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For some families, that’s the reality, not being paid means no housing, no food, no medications. For people who have dangerous debt, not having available money could be a threat to their life.
Obviously your life is priceless, but we’ve developed a system where you simply can’t live without money, and put people in circumstances where the money in their hand now is worthy more to their survival today than twice as much money in their hand tomorrow.
I’m just grateful that’s not my situation.
celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Right, but if you die, your family might only see the life insurance settlement from your workplace group insurance. They won’t see any further benefits and they lose a family member.
DillyDaily@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s a windfall payment and one less mouth to feed in the long run. Morbid, Yes, it’s not the best long term solution but anything you can do to survive true poverty never is.