This is the essence of bourgeois democracy. Plebeians participate in the show of electing the oligarchs' CEO, while the real politics takes place through legalized bribery (monetary censorship on the expression of interests). Everyone has the right to eat from the golden platter, but few can afford it.
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I see you didn't come here for an understanding of political economy, but to find justification for cannibalistic wage theft by business owners. Oh, well.
Wage discrimination won't solve this - skewing it will create resentment and turnover in another location. If the workload is heavy, I would assume that there is understaffing. And I will emphasize again - wages depend on the reproduction of labor force, not on how much surplus value it brings.
Incentive payments should not be tied to factors beyond the control of the employee. And if an employee's job description includes "no idle under any circumstances," then it's akin to a sweatshop labor system.
All other things being equal, yes. Wages are based on the reproduction of labor power, not on how much surplus value it will produce in the realization of labor. Read the above chapter of Capital, as well as the chapters on wages near the end of this book.
The value of labour-power is determined, as in the case of every other commodity, by the labour-time necessary for the production, and consequently also the reproduction, of this special article.
Jabba the Hutt is so tasty when he's well done.
Let me remind you of an event from not so long ago:
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I loved you all, friends. Be on guard!