£28 + VAT per hour for manual unskilled labour

PasturesNew

Is it £28/hour? Or is it £9.33/hour for three blokes: one to do the work and two to watch?

The_Blue_Hatter

I imagine you probably should have haggled the price BEFORE you had anywork done. Of course £28 per hour for unskilled work is obscene.

yogiberr

hiya,

No, it was the fact that they were doing as little as possible to get the correct invoicing...hardly great management.
If anything relevant comes up I'll post.

HappyMJ

I would accept £8 per hour for unskilled work as an employee then add on employers national insurance at around 12% add on employers liability insurance maybe around £10 per day then add on invoicing, accounting, payslip generation etc maybe £5 per day. Then add on a markup usually 50-100% then add on VAT at 20%. That makes it £22 per hour. It adds up quickly.

Russe11

Remember all other workers are allowed to be contractors, unskilled workers with no liability are not allowed to be self employed. There its where the biggest costs are incurred and biggest mark up are made.

paddyrg

One thing to watch for is management company kickbacks from builders. Yes, highly unethical/probably illegal but the builders and trades who do work for my absentee landlady via the management company have to factor in a commission to pay to the management company for getting the work. Check with your builders directly, it may be a good case to self-manage if that's the case with you - then you can avoid this £28/hr nonsense.

Russe11

Employment agency I worked for about 4 years ago charged £24 a hour for labourers.