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- Nov 3, 2011
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what a stupid suggestion.I’d suggest if a business can only afford to pay minimum wage and can’t pass on a small increase it’s probably not a great business.
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what a stupid suggestion.I’d suggest if a business can only afford to pay minimum wage and can’t pass on a small increase it’s probably not a great business.
Small increase here…small increase there etc …a lot of small increases can add up to a rather large one…I’d suggest if a business can only afford to pay minimum wage and can’t pass on a small increase it’s probably not a great business.
I'd love to see a list of the the current Cabinet, and see how many of them have actually started their own business, or run their own small business.Yes and add also the effect of the 3% employer pension contributions for those that haven't opted out of the scheme! I think you made the right move bailing when you did as small business owners are the only people in this economy that are getting an effective wage decrease!
We are in this ridiculous situation where we are getting squeezed from all sides, costs going up, taxation going up, regulatory compliance increasing. When the minimum wage goes up all hourly rates need to increase and salaries need to increase due expectations or you lose staff, and with the employment market as tight as it is, people are a nightmare to replace. As a small business there are very few things I can do to increase efficiency or run leaner, the most obvious would be to reduce the salaried workforce but this will have an impact on the quality of the service I provide. When you can't put up prices anymore the cost increases end up coming off your bottom line.
I’d suggest if a business can only afford to pay minimum wage and can’t pass on a small increase it’s probably not a great business.
I fully expect it to be higher than all those estimates to be honest. I really don’t know what I will do. In order to maintain fairness and staff morale all the higher earners will have to get an increase equal to the percentage increase the Government puts on the Living wage.I am crossing my fingers that it won't be at the upper end of that estimate as I am (genuinely) not sure what I will do!
Always wins a trophy in her second season….oh hang on thats another AngeSir Keir would do well to forego any further foreign junkets and stay home for a while and sort the government’s comms out.
From the same source that brought us news of the growing animosity in the Cabinet toward Sue Gray months before the media picked up on it, I hear further news of approving whispers across Whitehall and in dark corners of Westminster tearooms for Angela Rayner’s recent PMQ performances and Labour MPs reporting that 'the more constituents see of her, the more they like her.'
Apparently, Ms Rayner has the happy knack of coming across as, “normal – and not like a Dalek.”
Always wins a trophy in her second season….oh hang on thats another Ange
People churn it out just shows how little they understand what business are up against. Still maybe they’ve never tried to create or run a business of their own, maybe an employee.People often churn that one out.
It’s the cumulative effect. I’ve seen a pub’s accounts for a long time. Payroll costs used to be £140k, after not so many years £280k. R4 You & Yours had a recent special just on restaurant closures, it was something like 30% lower numbers than in 2019, spiralling costs were cited by former restaurant owners as the main reason including payroll. Ers NI hikes would the ‘icing on the cake’ for more.
But it's also a case of Tories critising Labour for the same as they've done. The conservative manifesto had 9 mentions of "working people". It's a shorthand they've both usedAgreed, yes.
Getting the country back on its feet is going to cost money, and that money has to come from somewhere. Just make sure there appears to be a perception of fairness, with the broad-shouldered taking the greatest burden etc.
I was merely chipping into this "what is a working person?" debate that still seems to be rumbling on. As I say, it strikes me as entirely self-inflicted through yet more poor comms.
But the Torie are in the political wilderness. It doesn't matter what they put in their manifesto - they rightfully lost the privilege of influencing the lives of the people of this country, working or otherwise.But it's also a case of Tories critising Labour for the same as they've done. The conservative manifesto had 9 mentions of "working people". It's a shorthand they've both used
One should think hard before accepting a job where the boss pays the absolute minimum they can legally get away with.I’d suggest if a business can only afford to pay minimum wage and can’t pass on a small increase it’s probably not a great business.
Of course the issue is of those who can’t be choosers, trying to make ends meet. Pretty much every unskilled job is minimum wage.One should think hard before accepting a job where the boss pays the absolute minimum they can legally get away with.
You already know what that boss thinks of you.
Surely if it appears in the Tory manifesto then both they and their shill journalists should understand what it means? It's an incredibly simple concept that I've described several pages back.But the Torie are in the political wilderness. It doesn't matter what they put in their manifesto - they rightfully lost the privilege of influencing the lives of the people of this country, working or otherwise.
Scrutiny will rightfully be focused on the government if they break their manifesto promise. We'll find out on Wednesday.
Good. Freeports are an awful idea.No new freeports to come in Budget after 'comms cock-up'
The government mistakenly briefed that five new low-tax sites would be announced this week.www.bbc.co.uk
Which is why one should think.Of course the issue is of those who can’t be choosers, trying to make ends meet. Pretty much every unskilled job is minimum wage.
Just for fairness, both sides have shill journalists, selective editing and controlling the narrative. For example try and find anything about Mike Amesbury on the front page of The Mirror website.Surely if it appears in the Tory manifesto then both they and their shill journalists should understand what it means? It's an incredibly simple concept that I've described several pages back.
I'm not going to waste my time trying to find the Tory manifesto and search through it for "working people" to see what they said they were or weren't going to do for them. Because, even if I did that, as the Tories are now sitting on the sidelines, we have no way of validating whether they would have kept their word or not. It's an exercise of futility.Surely if it appears in the Tory manifesto then both they and their shill journalists should understand what it means? It's an incredibly simple concept that I've described several pages back.
Agreed.Good. Freeports are an awful idea.