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Of cause?

Too!

Nope, when.

Is this a second, and spoof, account?

I'm glad you've cleared this up, I have wondered :lolol:

I reckon you're bull-shitting about your 40k a year job. There's absolutely no way anyone would employ you on such money.

Definitely, after Merkel of course.

Turn your tv on NOW!

Cool. I presume Bozza will be shutting this site down so you can all focus on your future leader's speech. By for now.

It's shocking how it's rocketed in the past 4 years. The good news is we can get shot of these clowns next May.

This. As Buzzer said it is bonded slavery.

Plenty of industries have similar staffing conundrums though. Aviation has all the issues you mention but I'm sure the majority of their pilots, cabin crew and ground staff have regular contracts. The reason many businesses get away with it is simply because they can.

Cheap labour will not exist if the min wage is increased.

This doesn't wash with me. If you run a business you should have an idea of how much resource you need, peaks and troughs etc, and you plan accordingly with full and part-time contacts with guaranteed minimum hours. There is still plenty of flexibility to be had within this. Similar to my...

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I'm sure tax thresholds will also be announced in due course. The minimum wage is just one of the many tools needed to fix the current low wave issue.

This.

I agree. But do not expect your staff to be in on this. Pay them properly.

No need to get catty. The country simply cannot continue to expect the lowest paid to carry the burden and prop up companies for **** all in return. You want to employ someone, pay them a decent living wage. It's not their fault the country has got itself into this pickle. Other countries manage...

If you need 10 people to run your business, and the staff overhead has gone up, i'm suggesting to maintain your business you will need to look to other areas to make the saving. Adapt and survive. If you employ less staff then you cannot run the business in this example. That said, advances in...