Pay with Dict8 continued

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Hi all........

@ShanJG, @carosel2 - Tpro used to pay in Euros but a month ago they changed it to paying in Sterling and were going to use the rate 0.86 as at 30 August as per email 2 September, so typists pay no bank fees.

However, they changed banks and apparently some typists were not paid on time last month.

Doesn’t work out a great hourly rate when it is done in euros does it 😞

How does that work then? Is it the exact same if I had about 600 would it be converted roughly to the 507?

@ShanJG - at 0.86 works out £516 basically you are getting 86pence in every sterling pound so all you need to do to convert is times the exchange rate by how many euros you earn. 600 x 0.86p and itl give you your earnings. And yes exchange rate is not very good at the moment

Ahh makes sense thank you!

New minimum wage set to be £9.50 next April. DICT8, still 8 pence a line. Nothing we can do about it as we are so called SE contractors, apart from declining to do any work with them, or as they once suggested in one of their newsletters, work faster and more efficiently. How long before it gets to the point that it won't be feasible in time or financial gain for anyone to work for them at all? How frustrating is it that there is this loophole that allows these companies to operate this way?

@whitestar5: Very frustrating and disappointing. Do you think lobbying MP's would make any difference as Government push forward with continued working from home ... which makes a big difference to the work that we see as far as I can tell?

@Whitestar5 @danblack87 - I have not read anything recently about the proposed changes to zero hours contracts that would have ensured people earned a decent wage, unfortunately.

[quote danblack87]@whitestar5: Very frustrating and disappointing. Do you think lobbying MP's would make any difference as Government push forward with continued working from home ... which makes a big difference to the work that we see as far as I can tell?[/quote]
Hi Danblack87, I think the only thing that would make a difference is if all the SE transcriptionists refused to work for such low pay, which is unlikely to happen as that's just not possible for most of us. DICT8 keep telling us that competition is the reason, but it's probably also probably that fact that they want to keep their profit margins high. They are on a path to self-destruction if you ask me. I note they have been advertising for transcriptionists on Indeed though, so either they have more clients or some contractors have had enough and have had to find other work.

Sorry about the typos there, I was trying to edit it.

@Whitestar5 - another reason why I do not think DICT8 will increase their rate of pay is because there are people claiming to earn double what the average person earns with DICT8, so as long as it appears there is a decent earning potential they will not increase it, furthermore such anomalies only attracts new people who have wishful thinking.

[quote Gally123]**@Whitestar5* @danblack87* - I have not read anything recently about the proposed changes to zero hours contracts that would have ensured people earned a decent wage, unfortunately.[/quote]
Hi Gally123, I don't think we are classed as Zero Hours contractors either, we are purely self-employed. I would think Zero Hours employees would be entitled to the new hourly wage per hour worked, but not guaranteed any number of hours, whereas us, well its just pure exploitation isn't it.

[quote Gally123]@Whitestar5 - another reason why I do not think DICT8 will increase their rate of pay is because there are people claiming to earn double what the average person earns with DICT8, so as long as it appears there is a decent earning potential they will not increase it, furthermore such anomalies only attracts new people who have wishful thinking.[/quote]
Yes you are probably right, but the fact is that to keep up with the cost of living at 8 pence a line you would have to work so fast and hard that eventually it will be impossible without a rise.

@Whitestar5 and @Gally123: I don't think I can work any faster or more efficiently than I am already doing, as I am sure most of us are BUT if the work is not there the earning potential just decreases in my view.

@danblack87 @Whitestar5 - it will only happen if other similar companies increase their pay rates and attract the work force - however that is unlikely to happen as TPro decreased their rate of pay when bringing in VR

@Whitestar5 - we are zero hours SE as we are not guaranteed any work. We log on and hope to see some work. All zero hours workers are self employed.

Shame on them all for their exploitation!

[quote Gally123]@Whitestar5 - we are zero hours SE as we are not guaranteed any work. We log on and hope to see some work. All zero hours workers are self employed.[/quote]
Zero hours workers can be either employed or self employed, if they are employed I assume they have to be paid the minimum wage for the actual hours they work even though the hours are not guaranteed.

[quote Gally123]@Whitestar5 - we are zero hours SE as we are not guaranteed any work. We log on and hope to see some work. All zero hours workers are self employed.[/quote]
smallbusiness.co.uk/freelancing-just-disguised-zero-hours-contract-2536635/

@gally123 and @whitestar5: I believe we are zero contract hours - It is written on front of the book of my incoming and outgoing for my Tax Advisor !! I agree with Gally123 - we are self-employed but with no contracted hours, - we can only pick up work that is there and it is not guaranteed . I think zero contract hours for employed does require the company to pay the minimum wage.

zero contract workers like the Uber drivers and Amazon drivers have been fighting for the minimum wage etc. And been partially successful as I think Uber drivers now get minimum wage and sick pay etc.

[quote danblack87]**@gally123* and @whitestar5*: I believe we are zero contract hours - It is written on front of the book of my incoming and outgoing for my Tax Advisor !! I agree with Gally123 - we are self-employed but with no contracted hours, - we can only pick up work that is there and it is not guaranteed . I think zero contract hours for employed does require the company to pay the minimum wage.[/quote]
Please look at the link below. Employed Zero hours workers must be paid the minimum wage by law. We are freelancers/contractors/SEs not employees, even though it seems like we are on a zero hours contract. We are not employees even though DICT8 seems to treat us as such, by telling us how to do the work, monitoring us and setting their rate of pay, as there is a loophole allowing them to do this because we don't have to accept the work, but that means not having the work at all, but normally contractors/freelancers/SEs would set their own rates and the companies/individuals would choose whether or not to give them the work, so it's quite a grey area open to exploitation.

Here is the link:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/zero-hours-contracts-guidance-for-employers/zero-hours-contracts-guidance-for-employers

Sorry Danblack87, I misread your post as saying 'doesn't require the company to pay the minimum wage, then realised it says 'does'.

Change.org have this petition set up for US transcriptionists, and I sympathise with them:

Stop the hidden exploitation of home-based Medical Transcriptionists in MT Services (MTSO)