“Job guarantees” require hiring ALL workers at a fixed wage.
Hendrickson 18 [Joshua R. Hendrickson, holds a BA, MA, and PhD in economics, from the University of Toledo (BA, MA) and Wayne State University, associate professor and chair of the department of economics at the University of Mississippi, primary area of expertise is monetary theory, history, and policy; "Monetary Policy as a Jobs Guarantee", July 2018, Mercatus Center, https://www.mercatus.org/system/files/hendrickson_-_policy_brief_-_monetary_policy_as_a_jobs_guarantee_-_v1.pdf, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Ashrit Manduva ‘24]
One recent fiscal policy proposal to address unemployment is a “job guarantee.” This proposal would essentially require that the government be willing to hire workers at a fixed real wage at all times.1 Thus, the government would provide a safety net for workers in the form of a job should the worker be willing to work for the wage offered by the federal government. This proposal would therefore provide workers with employment opportunities when workers have difficulty finding a job, which might especially be true during recessions.