Mininum Wage

[Cooldeepblue]

Re: Mininum Wage

Before I retired I ran my own business and my policy was always to pay a living wage as opposed to a minimum wage. You will always get far more from your workers if they do not feel they are being ripped-off. Basic business sense surely ? Care for your staff and they will care for your business....it's just good business acumen. Here is a very relevant link !!

https://www.change.org/p/john-lewis-...he-living-wage

[battyrat]

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I can see where you are coming from but the minimum wage is there to protect people like myself living on the edge. Without it my employer will be only to glad to pay as little as possible. I know him too well . Without minimum most of us would be worse off then our 2x gt grandparents. Personally I believe in a living wage. But to pay that my employer would probably sack half of the workforce and put more on our already over burdened shoulders. He's already shown his colors by stopping the impossible bonus to cover the costs of the pay rise up to minimum wage.

[Jay Mc]

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the minimum wage is a terrible idea and anyone who runs a business will tell you this

in the long term it drives wages down not up

[Cooldeepblue]

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Well here in Spain the minimum wage is £3.46 and with unemployment very high you can imagine how many employers take advantage of that. Having said that we don't pay a fraction of the taxes you do. My " council tax " for example is £80 a year.

[amethyst]

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Does it matter who gets in they all lie. Besides the current rate of inflation national minimum will be around £8 per hour anyway by 2020.That is some 6 years away.

Where I am at the moment I was at £6.42,just above minimum wage. I have had a pay rise due to minimum wage going up. I am now on minimum wage £6.50 per hour. To pay for this pay rise up to minimum wage we have lost our impossible to achieve bonus scheme. I can only afford to keep the internet by selling on e-bay .

With things going up all the time its hard on folk who are struggling.

[battyrat]

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Does it matter who gets in they all lie. Besides the current rate of inflation national minimum will be around £8 per hour anyway by 2020.That is some 6 years away.

Where I am at the moment I was at £6.42,just above minimum wage. I have had a pay rise due to minimum wage going up. I am now on minimum wage £6.50 per hour. To pay for this pay rise up to minimum wage we have lost our impossible to achieve bonus scheme. I can only afford to keep the internet by selling on e-bay .

[amethyst]

The Minimum Wage has just gone up to £6.50 an hour in the UK

Labour has said if they win the election they would raise it to £8 an hour yes but in 2020


How much is the minimum wage where you are ?