How often should one be paid for the work they have done?
I have been thinking a lot about this after reading Gary Rivlin’s Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. — How the Working Poor Became Big Business. I am intrigued also by the work of the Center for Responsible Lending.
It seems to me that paying an employee monthly, twice a month, or even every other week favors business owners and employers, those who pay the wages. Fewer paychecks is just simpler.
But what about for the employees and those who earn those wages? From that perspective, a weekly paycheck seems more just.
In the ancient world, daily wage distribution appears to have been the norm. There was even a monetary denomination, the denarius, that was equivalent to a day’s wages.
What do you think is most just?