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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Griffus on September 18, 2009, 09:54:00 am

Title: Minumum Wage Rate is Changing
Post by: Griffus on September 18, 2009, 09:54:00 am
For all those employing and paying just the minimum wage be aware that as of October 1st rates change as follows:

Age 22 and over from £5.73 to £5.80
Age 18 to 21 from £4.77 to £4.83
Age 16 and 17 from £3.53 to £3.57


Title: Re: Minumum Wage Rate is Changing
Post by: Nathanael Jones on September 18, 2009, 03:09:37 pm
There goes my profit margin! ;)

Title: Re: Minumum Wage Rate is Changing
Post by: dianegreenwood on September 18, 2009, 03:26:07 pm
pay peanuts get monkeys  :P

Title: Re: Minumum Wage Rate is Changing
Post by: Pristine Clean on September 18, 2009, 07:33:52 pm
pay peanuts get monkeys  :P



I agree but,

Most of the big boys in the Commercial Cleaning sector pay minimum rate. They are doing well. And seem to be wining contracts.

Dave
Title: Re: Minumum Wage Rate is Changing
Post by: michael papworth on September 19, 2009, 01:26:22 pm
pay peanuts get monkeys  :P



I agree but,

Most of the big boys in the Commercial Cleaning sector pay minimum rate. They are doing well. And seem to be wining contracts.

Dave

I agree. But in my experience (with a well-known supermarket chain) they get mainly eastern European workers with little or no English and have terrible trouble recruiting and retaining their staff.

It depends on what type of outfit you want to run.

How many really profitable and dynamic companies do you know who pay minimum wage? I don't know any.

How many miserable and moribund companies do you know who pay minimum wage? All of them.

Go figure.
Title: Re: Minumum Wage Rate is Changing
Post by: GWCS on September 19, 2009, 02:30:49 pm
pay peanuts get monkeys  :P



I agree but,

Most of the big boys in the Commercial Cleaning sector pay minimum rate. They are doing well. And seem to be wining contracts.

Dave

Maybe winning contracts but how good is the service? we all know that big contracts are poorly maintained.