Cant get a new gig

[thunderlizard]

I think it's more likely that there will be some cutbacks and slip ups in the Immigration and Nationality Agency (or whatever it's called this week) and - hey presto! problem solved. No government could afford the political consequences of suggesting that farmers and supermarkets might be forced to pay decent wages.

They might try that one - but to have any success, they'll need to get the £/Euro exchange rate back to what it was 3 years ago, so the Central Europeans would want to come back.

[sunnysan]

Well

If you look at the situation objectively, everybody was up in arms about immigration and surely the market is more effective than any government at actually rectifying the situation.

[BrilloPad]

Fairness at last

And your margin?

[BrilloPad]

Why can't the unemployed pick the fruit?

[RandyW]

Why can't the unemployed pick the fruit?

Under New Liebour nobody is unemployed, they're all "unfit to work" for some crappy medical reason or other.

[BrilloPad]

Under New Liebour nobody is unemployed, they're all "unfit to work" for some crappy medical reason or other.

Nothing crappy about a sore little finger.

[Board Game Geek]

Increase minimum wage so that there is no reason to be long term unemployed if laziness is the only option.

One Herefordshire farmer faces the loss of strawberries worth £200,000

Simple answer. Increase their pay. So what if he only makes 100K, instead of 200K ? He's still in business and now has a labour force again (and a well paid one at that..who have more income to plough back in to the economy)

[Sockpuppet]

DA will soon be advertising for fruit pickers, excellent rates. There may be more margin in it

32% - So yes there is.

ClientCo employs 400 odd agency staff. Roughly £11 per hour with agency markup. So agency gets £3+ for each hour worked.

Thats close to £9k a day. I don't know many rec consultants bringing in 9k a day in the IT game.