Newsbot Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Hundreds of workers on the Isle of Man will see their wages boosted when the minimum wage goes up, the government says. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/6266648.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Woo, its a raise by less than the rate of inflation - you're actually getting LESS purchasing power! Good for business though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copycat Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 see Thread started on 30 June about minimum wage, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 see Thread started on 30 June about minimum wage, thank you Yes... but this one is actually linked to an IoM, rather than an Irish, news story. Plus, of course, it doesn't have the distraction of being tagged to 'Migrant Labor' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Just out of interest, does the Government have anybody going round and checking with immigrant workers with work permits to make sure they are getting the minimum wage at least? Recall seeing a paper article some weeks ago claiming that some were being underpaid...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Woo, its a raise by less than the rate of inflation - you're actually getting LESS purchasing power! Good for business though It's a 3.7% increase. I dream of 3.7% - just like everyone else in the private sector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Should be interesting to see how big a percentage the MHK's get. I still remember the whopping 17% increase they voted for themselves and no-one could stop them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 O well i bet the steam packet will have a few more one way tickets booked for here. I know a friend in london was telling me the polish are heading to the island because its better pay and less tax. He was alo telling me that a lot of the local companies have gone bust due to polish companies under cutting local's. I am not really bothered myself because i tend to see it as a fact of life, look at the 80's and 90's when the english went to germany for work. At least they pay taxes unlike the lazy locals on the dole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 At least they pay taxes unlike the lazy locals on the dole "Current unemployment (2002) at some 0.5 % of the economically active population is well below the United Kingdom's national average." SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-Drift.com Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 Just out of interest, does the Government have anybody going round and checking with immigrant workers with work permits...... I'd like to see someone looking for the ones without work permits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celt Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 At least they pay taxes unlike the lazy locals on the dole As far as i know most benefits are taxed and not everyone who's on the dole is lazy, every case should be treated differently. You never know, you might be in the same boat yourself on day. However the government saying that x numbers of pounds is the minimum wage to live on and then paying far less to people on benefits is double standards imo. All increases in wage will be passed on to the customer, pure and simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC-Drift.com Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 At least they pay taxes unlike the lazy locals on the dole Some of the laziest bastards I know have jobs and get paid well for doing sod all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localyokel Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 O well i bet the steam packet will have a few more one way tickets booked for here. I know a friend in london was telling me the polish are heading to the island because its better pay and less tax. He was alo telling me that a lot of the local companies have gone bust due to polish companies under cutting local's. I see the first full job advert in Polish appeared in this weeks Examiner. Underneath it was the same ad in English but to deliberately run a local ad in a foreign language strongly indicates who you really expect to be recruiting (ie. non locals and people who don't even speak English). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeagle Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 i wonder if apprentices get pay rise too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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