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To me this is still positive. If one was making 40h x $10 and now does 31h x $13, it means the person has more time to invest in oneself,maybe do some community college course or whatever. I'd be more than happy if my CEO would give me Fridays off instead of giving a pay rise.

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It might work out for you personally but it still doesn't address the issue of not making a living wage. If their weekly paycheck isn't any more than it was, they're still coming up short on their monthly expenses.

And if they're not making enough, they may need to work two jobs where they were working one, which results in less time (though maybe a little more money).

There are a lot of variables here that need to be examined before we can decide whether it's largely a success.

Yes,I'm not disputing that, however it then becomes possible to find a second job,or some side gig. Also, I'm not sure I follow the logic of reduced hours.For instance, a company employs 10 people full time.Then the state hikes up the min wage and suddenly thy all cost 10% more to the company.If the company reduces the headcount,it also reduces its productivity if nothing else changes, so it ends up costing even more to the company. Am I missing something?

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