minimum wage

if the minimum wage is well above £5 per hour now so why can the job centre put jobs on for companies that are advertising £2.60 and £3.00 per hour. surely this isnt right the wage and the fact its on the governments own job site. thats not worth getting out of bed for by the time you paid the bus/petrol. cos lets face it everything is expensive these days. you would be working your first 2 hours to pay the bus fare so would be no better off if it was only part time hours

i thought companies had to pay the minium wage, there must be a get out plan, £2.60 an hour it not very good news at all

What a joke! Someone working 8 hours on £3 an hour would only earn £24! Completely ridiculous!

Thats crazy!

Agree,it's disgusting!

The job centre here tried to send my son to a job 32 miles from home,16 hours over 5 days,it would have cost him more in bus money than he could earn,then they tried to send him for a job on a when you want me basis,no guaranteed hours.

The job centre are about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

How old's your son? The minimum wage only kicks in at 18 I believe.

Its very poor but I think it depends on the job and if it has training with it ,many young people taking on a apprentiship are very poorly paid but reap the rewards when they qualify I suppose the sacrifice in the early days will be worth it .
Many employers will also want someone with experience and if that job could lead to that then surely its worth a go if it gets you into work again.
I would rather take a low paid job or do voluntary work than just be disheartened keep searching and gettting knocked back, and there are top ups from the government arnt there that you could get also.

It's pretty grim, but they can take on under 18's for £3-something an hour, and under 16 seems to be some kind of free for all - a while ago I knew a boy who worked in a hairdressers sweeping up hair for £2 an hour - luckily for him the old ladies loved him and gave him tips.

The company I work for is pretty fair in that it pays people aged 18-20 the same as over 21s, even though they don't have to.

they offered my mum 2 job london 3 jobs in northampton

Steve wrote:they offered my mum 2 job london 3 jobs in northampton

And how much would the fares cost to get to them? These job centre people don't live in the real world!

i was once told i could relocate for a job they told me about that was in lincoln even though i live in leeds. yeh ok love my kids at the time were in school and my other half has a steady job but i will up root them all on the off chance i get this job which pays considerably less thatn my other halfs does. stupid people wake up and look at the world as it is

Crazy.

Caryll wrote:

Steve wrote:they offered my mum 2 job london 3 jobs in northampton

And how much would the fares cost to get to them? These job centre people don't live in the real world!

they are stupid, she only need to sign on once more then she going without money for 5 months till she can have her state pension

State pension?

Why's she going without money for 5 months, Steve? Is that some of new torture designed by the government?

becasue she been on the rock and roll for 6 months she dont want another job so she just waiting till she can claim her pension.

Rediculous. After all those years of paying her NI contributions you wouldn't think they'd quibble about a couple of months, would you?

i know its stupid 30 plus years she worked as an librarian and her librarian pension is something like just over £30 a week i think

Red Tape gone mad.

I think the adult minimum wage only kicks in at 21+ then its lower and lower below that. What kind of jobs were they advertising at £3.00? Was it maybe a kids job like paper round or something?

Equi wrote:I think the adult minimum wage only kicks in at 21+ then its lower and lower below that. What kind of jobs were they advertising at £3.00? Was it maybe a kids job like paper round or something?

no it was admin jobs in an office and it never said trainee or anything like that