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| DavidA:
I returned to work part time (again) recently, and managed to spread a little confusion amongst the machine shop slaves today. We were talking about the proposed £9 per hour 'living wage' that is supposed to be in place by 2020. I put it to them ' are you sure that the current differential between what you get now and the current minimum wage, £6.50 per hour will be maintained? Or are you going to finish up in a situation where the CNC machine operator gets the same money as the lady who cleans the washroom i.e £9 per hour ? It would seem logical that the difference (£2.50) would have to be added to the £9 to give £11.50 (minimum) for the operators. But will it work like this ? Would a company relish having to make this change ? If not, and £9 per hour is deemed sufficient for a CNC operator, then they may as well go to Aldi stacking shelves. How do MadModders think it is going to work ? Dave Who won't be working then anyway. |
| lordedmond:
Difficult to comment Dave Not been to work for 16 years, took early retirement But I do see your point it was bad enough when I did my apprenticeship and my mates went on to the production side they had cash I did not , but it did pay off in the end Differentials need to be there else there is no incentive to take a skilled job Stuart |
| Bluechip:
--- Quote from: DavidA on July 14, 2015, 02:29:46 PM --- Or are you going to finish up in a situation where the CNC machine operator gets the same money as the lady who cleans the washroom i.e £9 per hour ? --- End quote --- If the machine operator thinks cleaning washrooms for £9 per hour is a better deal than he currently has there is nothing to stop him changing jobs ... :thumbup: Dave |
| Jonny:
I have seen the gaps close over the years and expect them to do so in the future. I would however think its more a case of keeping a job whatever the salary, knowledge or expertise, no one fallable. |
| John Swift:
when the living wage was anounced , I thought great you can do away with all those non productive jobs administrating the tax credits that top up the current minimum wage (may be some staff could be used to man the phones so you can start a JSA claim the first day your unemployed as it is its not worth the hastle taking a 1 day contract that pays the same as the weekly £72.40 JSA ) the big question is , will the £9.00 per hour be worth more in 5 years time than £6.70 (plus any tax credits ) will this october ? I suspect not and you will of lost more than you will gain with the living wage John |
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