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camellia_c
camellia_c Posts: 207 Forumite
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My neighbour wants to hire my unemployed niece to do a job for her. The task is :

"disinfect garden tools, golf clubs, camping gear, gardening gear, barbeque etc."

What would a reasonable hourly rate for this be? We're based in London.
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  • quidsinquentin
    quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
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    Check with your local Jobcentre. I'm sure they'll tell you.

    (Seriously, be careful. You never know who's watching, unless it's all above board.)
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  • camellia_c
    camellia_c Posts: 207 Forumite
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    quidsinquentin wrote: »
    Check with your local Jobcentre. I'm sure they'll tell you.

    (Seriously, be careful. You never know who's watching, unless it's all above board.)


    She's not on benefits so it does not matter who is watching. Can anyone give me a ballpark figure. Calling up the Job Centre's 0845 number just to find an answer seems a bit OTT
  • Fifer
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    Minimum wage?
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  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
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    Fifer wrote: »
    Minimum wage?
    :rolleyes: This is London we're talking of...

    £6 :p
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  • camellia_c
    camellia_c Posts: 207 Forumite
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    sjaypink wrote: »
    :rolleyes: This is London we're talking of...

    £6 :p

    I don't know what the minimum wage is. Maybe it's £6.50 an hour or something?

    Also I can't fathom how this job would work - how do you disinfect barbecues and so on? Just buy a bottle of spray-bleach and spray?
  • quidsinquentin
    quidsinquentin Posts: 42,693 Forumite
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    3 hours work £30, if it can be done in that time.

    A friend of mine is doing something similar.
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  • bert&ernie
    bert&ernie Posts: 1,283 Forumite
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    Minimum wage is £5.80p/h (aged 22 and above)

    Cant see why you should need to pay any more than this for an unskilled task like that.

    If it were me, I wouldn't pay by the hour anyway - I would just agree a price for the job.
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  • sjaypink
    sjaypink Posts: 6,740 Forumite
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    camellia_c wrote: »
    I don't know what the minimum wage is. Maybe it's £6.50 an hour or something?

    Also I can't fathom how this job would work - how do you disinfect barbecues and so on? Just buy a bottle of spray-bleach and spray?
    It is about £5.80 for over 21s, but much less for those younger....

    I would imagine a few bottles of dettol or flash, some bleach and a few j cloths and an old towel would be sufficient

    ETA:
    • £5.80 per hour for workers aged 22 years and older
    • a development rate of £4.83 per hour for workers aged 18-21 inclusive
    • £3.57 per hour for all workers under the age of 18, who are no longer of compulsory school age
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  • Revenge_of_the_Red_Devil
    Revenge_of_the_Red_Devil Posts: 3,461 Forumite
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    you'd be lucky getting your neighbour to agree to an hourly wage rather than a sum on completion. 20-30 quid sounds about right...
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  • Zagu
    Zagu Posts: 2,711 Forumite
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    camellia_c wrote: »
    My neighbour wants to hire my unemployed niece to do a job for her. The task is :

    "disinfect garden tools, golf clubs, camping gear, gardening gear, barbeque etc."

    What would a reasonable hourly rate for this be? We're based in London.

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