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- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
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I think some of it is down to different cultures - like I think that if we could quantify "objective" level of hard work done, and compare across different generations, I think that a boomer or gen xer may perceive them as working less hard.
On the flip side, I know a few hard working gen Z folk with a fairly casual manual who would likely perceive the boomer and gen X workers to be working less hard; a common perception I've seen among younger workers is that appearing to work hard is more about performative bullshit than actual hard work.
There isn't an objective way to measure how much hard work one does though, because it's too relative and subjective