a job for £2.50 an hour?

wud u accept it coz ive been offered a job which ivolves making and packing sandwiches from 7.30 to 2.00 evry sunday (or maybe through the week)

does it sound crap lol but i wud be working wiv my friend as she works there

how old are you?

That's half minimum wage = basically slavery.

MB

Reply 3

Bhaal85

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alio

wud u accept it coz ive been offered a job which ivolves making and packing sandwiches from 7.30 to 2.00 evry sunday (or maybe through the week)

does it sound crap lol but i wud be working wiv my friend as she works there

lol@ crap wage. How old are you?

Reply 4

AT82

alio

wud u accept it coz ive been offered a job which ivolves making and packing sandwiches from 7.30 to 2.00 evry sunday (or maybe through the week)

does it sound crap lol but i wud be working wiv my friend as she works there

Thats slave labour especialy for a sunday, I am not sure if its even legal to pay you that little. I £5 an hour delivering leaflets and I thought that was bad, I also get £8 an hour in another more skilled job.

£2.50 is just diabolicle, how old are you 17/18? If you're 18 they have to pay you the minimum wage which is £3.60 for 18 year olds I think.

Reply 5

alio

OP

who_me

how old are you?

18

but ive neva had a proper job before apart frm a sunday paper round (£7 for an hour and half- not bad)

Reply 6

AT82

alio

18

but ive neva had a proper job before apart frm a sunday paper round (£7 for an hour and half- not bad)

Then report them, they cannot legaly pay any 18 year old £2.50 an hour its a serious crime.

Reply 7

Bhaal85

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alio

18

but ive neva had a proper job before apart frm a sunday paper round (£7 for an hour and half- not bad)

Your seriously getting the wool pulled over your eyes, £2.50 is soooo shit. The minimum wage for 18 year olds is £3.60 (I think, it may have changed). Is it a family business, or just some poor sandwich shop?

Reply 8

alio

OP

amazingtrade

Then report them, they cannot legaly pay any 18 year old £2.50 an hour its a serious crime.

they said at the interview "they'd pay me £2.50 which is minimum wage' i thought at 18 that would be higher though :confused:

then again the factory place is in a rough area ( higher fold)

Reply 9

alio

OP

Bhaal85

Your seriously getting the wool pulled over your eyes, £2.50 is soooo shit. The minimum wage for 18 year olds is £3.60 (I think, it may have changed). Is it a family business, or just some poor sandwich shop?

its like a factory food production place

Reply 10

AT82

alio

they said at the interview "they'd pay me £2.50 which is minimum wage' i thought at 18 that would be higher though :confused:

then again the factory place is in a rough area ( higher fold)

They are talking abosulute bollocks, they are breaking the law, if you can proove they have said this you can get them into serious serious trouble with the law. I will find you the website, but I think the minimum wage for you is £3.60 which means thats £1.10 an hour too short.

Reply 11

AT82

Here is the mimimim wage site

http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/nmw/

from october £4.10 is the minmum for 18 year olds. Its currently £3.80. These fat cat bosses really annoy me trying to get slave labour from young people. They want locking up.

Reply 12

alio

OP

amazingtrade

Here is the mimimim wage site

http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/nmw/

from october £4.10 is the minmum for 18 year olds. Its currently £3.80. These fat cat bosses really annoy me trying to get slave labour from young people. They want locking up.

k thanks

damn thats crap! my friend has put up wiv it for about 4 month now

Reply 13

AT82

alio

k thanks

damn thats crap! my friend has put up wiv it for about 4 month now

How old is she? If she is 18 she can take him/her to court and she will, she will get pay back dated and probably get some compensation as well.

Reply 14

alio

OP

amazingtrade

How old is she? If she is 18 she can take him/her to court and she will, she will get pay back dated and probably get some compensation as well.

no shes 17 but most who work there are 18/19 she said so they must be on £2.50 unless their just trying to rip me off - i must have looked thick :redface:

Reply 15

chats

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work for a few months at £2.50p/h then after 2 months you'll have proof eg wage slips etc then take them to court and thats when the big bucks start rolling in $$$$KERCHING!$$$$ :cool:

Reply 16

alio

OP

chats

work for a few months at £2.50p/h then after 2 months you'll have proof eg wage slips etc then take them to court and thats when the big bucks start rolling in $$$$KERCHING!$$$$ :cool:

lol funny enough they said they'l send a salary each week so there are no wage slips

Reply 17

chats

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alio

lol funny enough they said they'l send a salary each week so there are no wage slips

ok then what you do is get a video camera or something and record them saying you will be paid £2.50p/h. or record the post man delivering the salary to you.
if you really wanted to take them to court, you could, they wouldnt deny it and you would have back up from friends.
compensation of £1000 is not out of the question. 'no win, no fee'

Reply 18

AT82

Erm I am sure inland revenue would like to hear about this, they have to give you pay slips by law evenif you don't earn enough to pay tax. If you take this job its cash in hand you will be up to your kneck in it almost as much as he is. He is a crinimal basicaly.

The only way round it is if you work for yourself, which in a factory condition is near impossible. I bet he dosn't even have employers protection insurance from what you have said.

Reply 19

AT82

chats

ok then what you do is get a video camera or something and record them saying you will be paid £2.50p/h. or record the post man delivering the salary to you.
if you really wanted to take them to court, you could, they wouldnt deny it and you would have back up from friends.
compensation of £1000 is not out of the question. 'no win, no fee'

He will be prison though for breaking tax laws, pay slips are law so you the employee can produce evidence of how much they have been paid should inland revenue want to see them.

a job for £2.50 an hour?

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