And all agency workers should be paid a minimum of £50.00 per shift, this is for the time spent travelling to and from a job,
aswell as for all the work agencies usually expect in a short period of time. Particularly in Britain. Agency work is slave labour and cheap labour for the goverment. what do you think?
2007-08-14 07:52:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
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2007-08-14 07:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Absolutely not! Such a high wage would mean many many people would be unemployed, as companies would be unable to afford to keep people in work. If you currently had say £2000 a day to pay your 40 worker's wages you'd only be able to afford to keep 20 worker's on if the minimum wage was £10. That's 20 people WITHOUT a wage, and restricted growth for ALL companies - meaning a less profitable country, a more unstable economy and more chance of a recession meaning even MORE people get unemployed.
I'm all for people being paid a good wage for the work they do, and many people don't get paid enough (especially agency workers) and just about everyone doesn't have enough holidays; but minimum wage should be a safegaurd against people working for a pittance - so people will always be able to afford to live, it should NOT be a luxury rate like £10 an hour.
2007-08-14 08:20:01 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Slave labor is for free. Cheap labor is exactly that. When you take a position you are well aware of how it pays and its benefits. If you are that worried about wages perhaps you should go back and get more of an education so you can seek better paying positions. Your scenario would bankrupt a lot of small and independent business owners. I believe in a fair minimum wage that covers basic living expenses and some luxuries, but without the ability for employers to pay wages there will be no jobs!!
2007-08-21 13:10:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the short run, small businesses would be forced to lay off some employees to be able to pay the increased wages. If you are one of the lucky ones that did not get laid off, you will make more money.
Overall, a forced minimum wage is inflationary. At some point, market forces would equalize the factors such that small businesses would be able to afford the minimum wage and hire back those employees it had to let go in the first place. It would appear that employees are making more money but in reality the purchasing power would be back to square one. Those making $10 an hour would still not be able to make ends meet because the price of rent, food, and utilities will have gone up.
2007-08-21 02:31:08 · answer #4 · answered by Abdul Jones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The minimum wage should be increased gradually in line with the cost of living. The tax burden will become unbearable if the minimum wage was to be increased by that amount. Do you realise that that will also mean we have to pay the old age pensioners £500 a week!
2007-08-17 20:30:35 · answer #5 · answered by Tamart 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon on the place the activity is, and what the activity is. $11 an hour isn't very stable in ny, even though it will get you incredibly some distance in Oklahoma city. $11 an hour is a low salary for a heart familiar practitioner everywhere.
2016-10-15 07:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by carlstrom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah i do. My old man works for £8 an hour driving buses. On a busy day he has around 50 lives EACH TRIP that he is responsible for. The roads are stressful, he isnt one of the horrible drivers and actually the demand tp keep on time whilst being a safe driver is huge.
£8! Its a joke. Fortunately he bought a house when they were cheap (£18'000, now worth £270'000!). Mix in crap wages with stupid living costs and what do you get.... a society that feels undervalued, stressed, deprived and crippled.
Thank you Labour- the working mans party.
2007-08-14 08:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by paul g 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It would be bad for the economy- employers would have to cut their workforces- money has to come from somewhere doesn't it. Companies are running for a profit- and thats the idea of having a business-it might not seem fair but it is. If John Redwood gets his way over his new idea- scrap 39 hour week and minimum wage as well as rights for emloyees we will all be in a real mess in no time at all.
2007-08-14 08:02:38 · answer #8 · answered by Ellie 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
do you seriously think that firms could afford to pay such wages to the uneducated 17/18 year olds that are coming out of our so called education process nowadays? Most can't write legibily certainly not spell, and what are times tables...? They are not even worth £5/hour till they have had a bit of experience, in fact they should probably pay someone to take them on until they have learnt responsibility, politeness, anger management, maths, english etc from the real world!
2007-08-14 08:02:51 · answer #9 · answered by essdee 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Its obvious that you dont earn that much and best answer will go to someone who agrees with you but i have to be honest and say your talking shite..... If the minimum wage went up that much then all other business would be forced to raise there pay as people would just go and get a lesser job for the money they used to earn and if you think that you should get paid to travel to work then you are delusional and i can see why you are on minimum wage.
2007-08-14 08:00:15 · answer #10 · answered by 2 good 2 miss 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Why? It wouldn't make any difference the prices of goods and services would go up accordingly to pay for the £10 p/h minimum wage.
2007-08-14 08:10:14 · answer #11 · answered by Grinning Football plinny younger 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋