NMW to increase again next year to £12.21 ph.

I am completely against the rise. This will lead to a huge increase in my weekly shop. The staff there are friendly but I am not concerned if they can pay their bills or not. Getting my shopping cheaper is far more of a concern.

Maybe the government could look at building large communal homes where all these workers can live? Food, water, heating and a small room all supplied in exchange for their wages. If they want anything more than that they should have worked harder.

I am completely against the rise. This will lead to a huge increase in my weekly shop. The staff there are friendly but I am not concerned if they can pay their bills or not. Getting my shopping cheaper is far more of a concern.

Maybe the government could look at building large communal homes where all these workers can live? Food, water, heating and a small room all supplied in exchange for their wages. If they want anything more than that they should have worked harder.

I remember when for the first time ever we got a minimum wage in the UK and the difficulties it caused with pay differentials. I would rather the free market prevailed but we are as we are and may be the higher minimum will mean fewer benefits are paid to parents who work I suppose. I would also like there to be fewer people fighting for jobs too but given the UK's record numbers tha tis not likely to happen any time soon.

However even in my profession where most lawyers are not in City firms on high pay, may paralegals will get £23k a year. That is now minimum wage once these changes come in so you do A levels, a 3 year law degree, a one year post grad, take on huge debts, have a 15% student loan charge including post grad loan, have not got a contract to train a law firm so are a pare legal and after all those years of non earnings now you are on the minimum wage.

If we move as a result into an inflationary spiral (which I don't want) the silver lining is that those with large mortgages will find in effect they become much less in real terms because of effects of inflation - that is small comfort to many however.

MN "100k is nothing now"
Also MN "why do people need more than £12ph, that's plenty"

So she's on zero hours anyway, he can't afford to pay her when she qualifies, and will get rid of her. But you are saying its down to the increase in NMW which hasn't happened yet. Umm OK, course it is. 🙄

She's on a zero hours contract until she gets her degree because her hours vary depending on her study work load.

It's a pity but what's the alternative.

Well lucky you having a large HR team. In a small business like ours we have to do it ourselves while taking advice from our HR consultant.

If this employee is on a zero hours contract then if course it's easier. The ppl didn't say she was zero hours and last in. She suggested she was being let go because she was an unmarried childless woman.

Of course you can make people redundant for cost savings. But what you can't do is pick someone from a pool of equal serving employees because they don't have a family, which is what the pp was saying.

Doesn't seem very onerous or particularly long from where I am, working for a very large organisation with a clued up HR team who have made people redundant and looks like we are gearing up for round 2. As long as they do things by the book with the right consultation period, etc they can say that need to make cost savings and get rid of people. I've been through it in a few different companies.

Doesn't seem very onerous or particularly long from where I am, working for a very large organisation with a clued up HR team who have made people redundant and looks like we are gearing up for round 2. As long as they do things by the book with the right consultation period, etc they can say that need to make cost savings and get rid of people. I've been through it in a few different companies.

The process of making someone redundant is long and onerous. She could take them to a tribunal and win if they didn't provide clear and legal reasoning.

The process of making someone redundant is long and onerous. She could take them to a tribunal and win if they didn't provide clear and legal reasoning.

But we all know things like this happen. You wouldn't be able to prove that was the reason.

Last in.

My son is looking at every employee and who has to go. He's decided on an employee who is young unmarried to protect the other two who are married with children

This is against the law. Presumably as I mentioned, this is not true - ie not the reason for making her redundant.

Was she employed before them or after? Just usually it is last in, first out.

It's true, she's part time doing university to increase her knowledge. He can't afford her once she's qualified.

It's true, she's part time doing university to increase her knowledge. He can't afford her once she's qualified.

It's true, she's part time doing university to increase her knowledge. He can't afford her once she's qualified.

Ooh. Careful. He can't just pick people for that reason! I'm presuming this isn't true.

My son is looking at every employee and who has to go. He's decided on an employee who is young unmarried to protect the other two who are married with children. That's the reality.