[creggan]

is £8/10 euro per hour enough to be paying an employee

[gewindows]

You'll have to make your mind up as to whether you want to be paying him in pounds or euros first.

[creggan]

would be euros,just getting a cross irish and english view

[gto]

most jobs now days are only offering minimum wage £5.83, so you could pay £6 to £6.50 and most would be happy with that.

[andyjm1]

most jobs now days are only offering minimum wage £5.83, so you could pay £6 to £6.50 and most would be happy with that.

£240 - £260 a week? At those rates they'd constantly be on the lookout for something better. In my opinion you need to add at least another £100 to that to get decent staff that would stick at the job.

[supernova77]

is £8/10 euro per hour enough to be paying an employee

I pay 55% of all work completed.

Andy

[gewindows]

most would be happy with that.

I have never heard of anyone happy earning six and a half quid an hour in the last 10 years.

I love how some people think theyre doing someone a favour by paying them the minimum wage.

Minimum wage is an insult. Which is what you are doing to someone by paying such a paltry wage. Pay peanuts you know exactly what you get and is it any surprise.

[bluez]

I find that £7.50 works allright in NI for employees, im surprised that I dont loose guys a bit more often at that rate but getting a decent job is not as easy as it used to be.

Cross boarder I pay €9.50 ph

Supervisor €10.50 and £ 9.00

[Richard Neal]

I pay 55% of all work completed.

Andy

So that means theyre earning more than you?

[lyndy]

He is earning more than him at 55%,but he is earning 45% for doing nothing bar booking the jobs in,not a bad earner don't you think?

[bluez]

He is earning more than him at 55%,but he is earning 45% for doing nothing bar booking the jobs in,not a bad earner don't you think?

And if he has 4 staff then he is getting 4 x 45%

[gewindows]

And if the boss went out and worked alongside him the boss would earn £216.00 and the bod £84.00 assuming they did £300 between them. So for equal effort no he wouldnt earn more than the boss, he would earn significantly less.

[Sean Dyer]

I pay 55% of all work completed.

Andy

So that means theyre earning more than you?

if theres only one employee but i doubt it if he is using that system!

might have 10 guys at 45%

[supernova77]

He is earning more than him at 55%,but he is earning 45% for doing nothing bar booking the jobs in,not a bad earner don't you think?

It's only fair that the guy doing the work takes home more than me? He'll be working on his own not with me.

He starts in a couple of weeks... He'll be working 3 days a week, and his target turnover per day will be atleast £160, which gives him atleast £88 a day, that works out about £13 per hour.

Andy

[lyndy]

The problem we had with giving a % of work done was the standard of work

[creggan]

i pay him 90euro per day,and expect 160/180euro work done.

[Sunshine/Cleaning]

He is earning more than him at 55%,but he is earning 45% for doing nothing bar booking the jobs in,not a bad earner don't you think?

It's only fair that the guy doing the work takes home more than me? He'll be working on his own not with me.

He starts in a couple of weeks... He'll be working 3 days a week, and his target turnover per day will be atleast £160, which gives him atleast £88 a day, that works out about £13 per hour.

Andy

If the sole traders work out their turnover in comparison to the figure on their Tax return minus the tax they pay, they will see that they too only have 55% of their turnover to spend!

The only difference for the employee in this case is that they have to pay tax on top.