All good comments. My original and main point is that there is a trade-off between the high-protection for workers and unemployment levels. My own home country boasts worker's rights constitutionally but has 30% of poverty level and 50% of child poverty. 40% of the population is not covered by the "worker's protections" because they are not employed.

Highest income workers always get the benefits of workers perks first, and this is unavaoidable. Look at google, famous for giving benefits to employees like good, gym, juic etc, but buildings maintained by swathes of contractors that dont have access to these services.

The more of these you pile up, the bigger the divide.