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So for these companies, it might make sense to hire more part-time employees and keep people under full-time if crossing that full-time threshold costs more.

In any case, jobs are created to fulfill a need. Companies don't just hire people in order to spend their new tax breaks or because they get to pay less - they do so to fulfill particular needs they have.

On the other hand, if a company was overstaffing due to being able to pay basically nothing, then sure, some minimum wage jobs may be lost. So the very worst-paying jobs might have been cut down slightly. But I'm doubting this is a major factor, as there's a lot of pressure to not overstaff no matter what wages are.




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