Well a5, this is the looming problem, many business owners today are doing jus that, they are sacking staff and doin it themselves.

But how does that help create or save jobs?

You know, when I was starting work, some 30 odd years ago, there were two ways to earn a decent income.

Way one was to be highly skilled and get paid a high wage, way two was to work 60+ hours per week. The end result was the same income either way.

Trouble is, as times get tougher governments answer is to simply increase wages, however, unless the business makes additional profits, how on earth can they be expected to pay more wages.

Just take. Look at what's happening as we speak. Many companies today ar reporting much less in profits than last year.

These IR laws you all pushed so hard for ar coming back to bite you.

I say again, if you expect to earn up to a grand a week for sweeping floors, you are kidding yourself, especially if you think this is sustainable.

Poirot
So it's better for them to be unemployed on a lower income, than gainfully employed on a higher income? What kind of perverted logic is that?

In todays local paper Hungry Jacks have been found to have under payed kids as young as 14 by $105'ooo between 2005 & 2009.

" say again, if you expect to earn up to a grand a week for sweeping floors, you are kidding yourself, especially if you think this is sustainable."

Nobody is paying $1000 per week for floor sweepers.

This is emotive and misleading.

If as StG suggests, you are talking about your butchers sweeping floors at that rate because of a fall in custom, this is nothing to do with IR laws relating to butcher's wages.

579

"Hungry Jacks" by name and nature...

Floor sweepers is simply a term I used for cleaners in general.

Now some do earn a grand a week, that's 38 hr at $25 per hour, there a bouts.

And that's if they dont work weekends or evenings.

Hungry jacks.
You are kidding no doubt.

There would be lots more to this story. In fact, thanks to labor's IR laws, many kids have lo their jobs simply because it is illegal to employ even a student for less than four hours.

Now think of this.

They Finnish school and arrive for work at say 3.30, but t store closes at 5.30. End resul, no job.

It's a no brainer as all ghat is needed is a specia arrangement fo sudents. Problem solved.

But no, madam PM just had to rearrange a perfectly working arrangement.

Typical labor thinking.