[Kizzy]

The chancellor Phillip Hammond is correct in what he says... The public sector is paid on average 10% more than the private sector.

And what is wrong with that? For me it doesn't suggest there needs to be any movement in public sector wages... more that there is a need for an increase in private sector wages.

The minimum wage increasing to £10ph will achieve this, so just do it, what's the issue? The service industry needs workers, give them a fair days pay and end this discrepancy between public and private sector wages.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7843461.html

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

And what is wrong with that? For me it doesn't suggest there needs to be any movement in public sector wages... more that there is a need for an increase in private sector wages.

Exactly. I hate this 'we must reduce/freeze the income of X so that its the same as the income of Y'. The answer is not to take away from people, its to give others more tbh. I think this is the main difference between right wing and left wing actually. 'Lefties' would rather increase peoples wages/income whilst right would rather reduce...as long as its not the top 5% of course...they need tax cuts to give them even more disposable income

[Cherie]

He is right MPs and their 8/9/10 per cent rises

[user104658]

That'll be because public sector wages are abysmal.

Also, at mine we've just had it announced that we are no longer going to be getting sick pay "for the first three days of absence", which effectively means never going off sick, as doing so would cost me nearly £350. Neither me, nor anyone I work with, can afford a hit like that so everyone will be coming to work when they're sick as a dog and spreading it to everyone. Awesome stuff.

They're also taking away the paid 30 minute lunch break (which, err, we'll be ****ing taking anyway because unless they're doing spot checks for sandwiches they're not going to know) and a whole bunch of extra bonus surprises.

And yet it's even worse for anyone starting now; for anyone who started with the company in 2016 or later, they're chopping of a week's holiday and also capping the pay. If I've read it right they're setting the pay for a newly trained MANAGER at £9.50 an hour. £9.50!! . That's as in, a full shop manager, not a duty/deputy/customer service manager. I can all but guarantee that quite simply no one is going to want the job for that. We're struggling to keep on cashiers for more than 4 or 5 months on £7.60.

Race to the bottom. I can't wait for my wife to graduate. That's when I finally get to tell them that they can go and suck a dick.