National Minimum Wage

Truemanbrown · #1 (**permalink**) 16-09-11, 12:22 AM

Don't forget that the national minimum wage rates increase on 1st October!!!

hdm · #2 (**permalink**) 16-09-11, 07:32 AM

Thank you. I had forgotten until yesterday.

Melanie · #3 (**permalink**) 16-09-11, 11:34 AM

Also forgot about this, thanks.

sjr4x4 · #4 (**permalink**) 16-09-11, 12:44 PM

At last a pay rise

Barney · #5 (**permalink**) 22-09-11, 12:10 AM

I wish I could find somone willing to work for the minimum wage!

Eagle · #6 (**permalink**) 23-09-11, 10:15 PM

Out of interest, are there any trained plumbers who would work for minimum wage?

Barney · #7 (**permalink**) 24-09-11, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Eagle

Out of interest, are there any trained plumbers who would work for minimum wage?

Recently qualified plumbers, tend to offer their services for free sometimes up to a month believe it or not. Although this might sound great, I'd have a serious problem about letting them lose in a £20million property in Belgravia!

Eagle · #8 (**permalink**) 24-09-11, 06:23 PM

Fair one. It's quite a long time to work unpaid but if that's the way the industry works then I suppose it's the done thing.

Mark

Barney · #9 (**permalink**) 25-09-11, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eagle

Fair one. It's quite a long time to work unpaid but if that's the way the industry works then I suppose it's the done thing.

Mark

It dosent work like that, the industry is a mess too many fast track plumbers have entered the market along with migrant plumbers, with no work available to them they offer their services for free in the hope of getting a foot in the door. So what happens is, many businesses will use these people as free labour, then get rid of them when the trial period is over. Theres probably more plumbers sitting at home watching daytime television, dreaming about the £60k they were told they could earn once trained, than there are actually working. The reality is though their be lucky to earn half that sum. But they stay at home waiting for the big one to come along

Too many well established plumbing businesses have gone to the wall recently (more will follow) as they pay more in wages than what the job is worth, with companies getting their profit margin, in what they can claim back from the VAT man..

Eagle · #10 (**permalink**) 25-09-11, 04:40 PM

I can certainly empathise with that.

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