True, but that part only makes a significant difference if the unemployment rate is quite high. At a time where restaurants have trouble filling their staff in low tip shifts, the salaries are closer to what the employer can pay without serious risk.

Your employer may already be getting paid by a government for you to work, but that is above your pay grade.

That's why it should be enough to provide for basic subsistence.

so it's a handout to companies. corporate welfare. probably no worse than currently - a lot of companies in the UK are subsidised via the benefits system because their employees can't afford to live off their wages.