Dally wrote:FFS. If people don't like the nasty employers they should set up their own business and emply others.
With what money are they supposed to do this with?
Dally wrote: Why do people see a job as a right?
Why do employers see abusing the position of the low-paid as morally acceptable?
Dally wrote:It's a simple contract between two needy parties. If an employee feels underpaid its usually because they are not in a position to demand (deserve) more. That could be because their skills are not great, the employer can only afford to pay a modest amount and the 'ee is content to work for that, etc.
So teachers, nurses, soldiers, police, care workers etc don't deserve more than the pittance some of them are paid? You don't think a failure of government of policy ie unemployment has the effect of artificially lowering wages regardless of employees skills?
I also assume you then wholeheartedly agree with the public sector workers who are going on strike and wholeheartedly agree with public sector workers getting final salary pensions?
Dally wrote:The odds have become stacked against 'ers by high NI costs and employment law. For mico-businesses these factors are very big and if they were relaxed employment would increase markedly.
I have sympathy with the NI case (but not much) but employment law? Don't make me laugh. Far too often employers (including small businesses) are just out for what they can get at the cheapest possible rate and then b1tch and moan when the employee they hire isn't quite perfect.
Perfect example - an "employer" was on 5Live today bemoaning the fact he couldn't find ANY young people (aged 17-24) to go on his apprenticeship scheme at his restaurant. The ones who he'd had before "simply didn't want to work" and "weren't committed". It then turns out he was paying these people £2.50 per hour, expected them to work exceptionally hard, expected them to work evenings and weekends and then wondered why he didn't get many people that were suitable.
Another, more suitable and socially responsible employer was doing the same kind of apprenticeship but paid over £5.00 per hour and treated the apprentices like people and not like some kind of undeserving underclass who should be grateful for the scraps on the table.