Council announces £7 minimum wage

JoeCrystal

My salary is £5.73 an hour... I want £7 an hour!!! I know, let all move to Glasgow City! I mean, the cost of living is cheaper up north right?

To be frank, would making legal minimum wage of £7 an hour would increase inflation?

Old_Slaphead

mark5 wrote: »

The minimum wage needs to be higher and i dont agree with the lower amounts for younger ages either.

Why should someone working full time be no better off than someone whos been claiming benefits whos got no intention of looking for work. (long term unemployed not the genuine cases!)

Why stop at £7 - why not £8, £9, £10, £12 ?

The effect of increasing minimum wages has been to reduce attendance.

Friday/Monday absenteeism/sickness has increased dramatically - off the record, people have indicated that they don't want to earn too much (hence the reduction in hours attended) as it affects their benefits.

Radiantsoul

Old_Slaphead wrote: »

Why stop at £7 - why not £8, £9, £10, £12 ?

The effect of increasing minimum wages has been to reduce attendance.

Friday/Monday absenteeism/sickness has increased dramatically - off the record, people have indicated that they don't want to earn too much (hence the reduction in hours attended) as it affects their benefits.

Do you have any evidence to back that up?

Old_Slaphead

Radiantsoul wrote: »

Do you have any evidence to back that up?

Sorry, I should have preceded that statement with "Our own and anecdotal evidence supports the fact that....Friday etc etc". I didn't mean to suggest that should a small sample was necessarily representitive of a national trend (but who knows?).

I've heard similar mutterings at local business forums too but that's certainly not necessarily a representitive sample.