[BadAndy]

"Retailers could outfox big-box wage ordinance"

The private sector never has problems outfoxinging the mouth breathing commissars in the public sector.

[MikeA]

Exactly. Corporate execs. are almost always brighter than the moron unaccomplished, undereducated local officials and easily figure out ways around these kinds of things. Frankly that should include not locating any Wal Marts anywhere near Chicago so the idiots who vote for these hacks have to pay higher prices for things and have fewer opportunities than if these low double digit IQ local official weren't scapegoating Wal Mart. Teach these fools to think before they vote.

[SauronOfMordor]

A friend of mine has a duct-cleaning business. He has lots of workers, but no employees. He gets all his workers from a temp agency called Labor Ready, which is their official employer of record. Labor Ready takes care of payroll, taxes, IRS reporting, verifying that they're not illegal immigrants, etc, etc.

All WalMart has to do is get their low-level grunts from a staffing agency. Their managers can be WalMart employees. Problem solved

[Mr. Brightside]

The private sector never has problems outfoxinging the mouth breathing commissars in the public sector.

But one day Atlas will shrug.