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| | I rang C & E and asked for clarification on a couple of points particularly the allowance issue for accommodation and here is an example as we understand it. Person is paid £5.24 for example @ 40 hours per week = £209.60 Allocation for accom and food - £76.43 which would give a weekly total of £133.17 £133.17 / 40 hours = £3.33 per hour, hmmmm I for one dont charge £76.43 per week for accom and food (£30 per week actually) which i see as an incentive for good staff to work for me. My staff houses cost a great deal more to run and maintain (currently one house has a larger electricity bill then the hotel) but this leaves me with a problem. Do I turn round to my staff and play to guide lines, if I started to allow for tips which are paid weekly through pay slips then I could drop this hourly rate further and still be compliant on average say £40 per week so now my rate is £2.33 per hour, then I get to my quarterly bonus which could see my official rate go to a whopping £1.55. Now doesn't that sound enticing to someone. If now allocation offsets are allowed then the employee will loose out, I would offer my accommodation at the going rate of £76.43 per week, they may take me up on this or, more likley the case, slip off to find there own accommodation on the island. I get the feeling that this trend is on the increase, housing have a difficult job tracking the staff they know about in staff housing, imagine what happens if staff are encouraged to find there own bed for the night. The legislation may affect a very small minority of employers who do pay extremly low wages and in general have a revolving door policy but again I feel we are in danger of legislating a majority to try and police a minority which if past legislation is to go by, often does not have the desired affect. 
As mentioned by a few previous posters, who is going to police this and what are the cost implications for the states? When this was first muted to me, I thought "Well it doesn't affect me I pay enough anyway" but it will affect my business with a cost implication in terms of dealing with the legislation. |
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| | Can't agree more with a number of posters here. |
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| | I'll try to post again without banking too early!! Legislating for a small amount of poor employers is going to create a further unpopular law, which I guess will be policed by an already stretched team of officials, reluctantly. Surely, with the level of unemployment currently in Guernsey, there is no requirement to ensure a minimum wage, as there is hardly a glut of people willing to work for next to nothing. Workers from the recently ascended countries are filling many positions, and will only come to the Islands if the package they are offered are deemed reasonable by themselves. This all seems to self legislate. Reasonable enough salary and benefit package results in good team and morale. No need to waste effort on needless legislation. |
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| | This is the point.....i simply cannot see why we would wish to have such legislation...pointless added beaurocracy...all it will do is make us less competitive. Freddie |
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