An employer faces a higher minimum wage control where it cannot pay its workers any less than $10.25 an hour. The employer may react by

a. Doing nothing-it cannot violate the regulation
b. Offering the employees fewer fringe benefits
c. Increasing spending on workplace amenities
d. Hiring additional workers


b

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