<p>If the employer did that then he will not find any employees and would go out of business. Sending jobs overseas happens because employees could not find people in U.S. to work for them for slightly lower salaries. While foreign labor is cheaper it is less productive. If the wages of U.S. workers were slightly less employers would lose the benefit from offshoring and stop doing it. The minimum wage does not really protect the working class, it hurts them by making it impossible for them to get jobs. And the unemployment creates the homeless. If the homeless had jobs, even really cheap jobs, then they could afford food and some place to live in. Also, the minimum wage inflates currency and greatly increases the cost of living. People are dependent on the government because of the minimum wage, duh, if government stop interfering then they will get jobs and stop being dependent on government. Did you know how much money government is spending right now on unemployment pay, welfare, ect?</p>
<p>Wesam88-
This is from UAE wikipedia article.
"The UAE's wealth is largely based on oil and gas output, some 33% of GDP. It is the third largest oil producer in the Persian Gulf after Saudi Arabia and Iran (Iraq's oil output has fluctuated due to war). Since 1973, the UAE has undergone a profound transformation from an impoverished region of small desert principalities to a modern state with a high standard of living. The country's per capita GDP is not far below the GDPs of the leading West European nations. Its generosity with oil revenues and its moderate foreign policy stance have allowed it to play a vital role in the affairs of the region. In recent years the government has sought to diversify its sources of income and lessen its dependence on finite oil reserves. One result of these efforts is a steadily developing tourism industry, centered on coastal, desert and sporting resorts and infrastructure. The success of these ventures, along with other factors like the relatively low price of commodities, the warm temperatures that prevail for most of the year, the engineering marvels such as Burj Al Arab and The Palm Islands, and friendliness to the West have led many to call it the Hong Kong of the Middle East."
Here are the problems with UAE employment:
"It is common practice for employers to retain employees' passports for the duration of the employment contract to prevent expatriate employees from changing jobs. This is an illegal practice, but it is almost never investigated, let alone punished by the government. On termination of an employment contract, certain categories of expatriates are banned from obtaining a work permit in the country for six months.
The United States Department of State has cited widespread instances of blue collar labor abuse in the general context of the United Arab Emirates [1].
The government has been criticized by human rights agencies such as Human Rights Watch for its inaction in addressing the discrimination against Asian workers in the emirate. Salary structures based on nationality, sex, age, and race rather than on qualification are common"
Did you notice the the minimum wage was not mentioned? The problem deals not with wage but with illigal discriminatory employment policies.</p>