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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a problem with an organization offering more than the minimum. I do have a problem with organizations who were happily offering more suddenly reducing what they offer because a minimum is established. To me, that is essentially the same as an employer suddenly deciding to pay employees only the minimum wage rather than the higher wages they previously paid.[/quote]
In theory, yes, and if the law just established a minimum, you'd have a point.  But that's not what it did.  It established an entirely new program, administered by the DC government and funded by a tax on DC employers.  I don't' think there's a carve-out for employers who offer more generous benefits, so those employers would be paying those benefits AND paying the tax to fund the other benefits.  (If I'm wrong, please correct me.)  In essence, they're be required to offer - and pay for - double benefits.  That's why this law, good-intentioned though it is, is so screwed up.  [/quote]

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