That way they can make a greater socioeconomic impact while still upholding their corporate and shareholder responsibility.
Of course the first cut would be the deepest - penalizing companies who exploit labor. Good luck with that.
How do you define this? And no, "fair wage" is a circular definition, not an answer.
It would be more effective to model positive employee outcomes like home ownership, debt-to-income ratio, retirement savings, education savings, health coverage, and the like.
On the contrary, some multi-billion dollar enterprises make a show of how the employment they provide is _designed_ to be temporary and low-paid. You aren't supposed to rely on this kid!
Super yachts are becoming more and more expensive. They can't afford to pay people more.
This internal stratification of a profession has always been common in engineering disciplines, but in tech it has been exaggerated to the degree that, often, workers see themselves as members of a singleton class, thinking their situation is totally unique.
The solution to this problem is also as old as time: workers need to get used to sharing and talking about their grievances. So, as an example, for a work force that is systematically underpaid, first we have to eradicate the mindset of "it is shameful to be paid less than average", so that people will talk about their pay, find common grievances, and then potentially act collectively.