Wages

Matty.t7 · Apr 3, 2024

Is the minimum wage now abouve “Craftsman’s” wage (if such a thing still exists).
Been looking on web but most information seems to be out of date.
Looks like after 35 years farming using hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of machinery and applying the same in fert and chemical,I can say I’m on minimum wage

Princess Pooper · Apr 3, 2024

If you're only being paid £11.44/hr then you need to change employer. Whether you are paid National Minimum Wage or an Agricultural Minimum Wage depends on exactly what it says in your contract. https://www.gov.uk/agricultural-workers-rights

kiwi pom · Apr 3, 2024

Matty.t7 said:
Is the minimum wage now abouve “Craftsman’s” wage (if such a thing still exists).
Been looking on web but most information seems to be out of date.
Looks like after 35 years farming using hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of machinery and applying the same in fert and chemical,I can say I’m on minimum wage

If I remember right they dropped the craftsman's rate just after I qualified for it.

Just got to negotiate your rate now and hope someone will pay it.
Don't forget to have a contract.

Princess Pooper · Apr 4, 2024

A recruitment agency has just popped up in my facebook group... telehandler jobs in South Lincs /Suffolk £19/hour, probably construction work. Says it all. General CSCS labouring £14.75/hr.

mobileweld · Apr 4, 2024

Princess Pooper said:
A recruitment agency has just popped up in my facebook group... telehandler jobs in South Lincs /Suffolk £19/hour, probably construction work. Says it all. General CSCS labouring £14.75/hr.

Be wary of recruitment agency’s I been caught out by them in the past. Turned up for an interview and the company I went to had no idea I was coming. I don’t trust them and see them more of a parasite than anything else!

kiwi pom · Apr 4, 2024

Princess Pooper said:
A recruitment agency has just popped up in my facebook group... telehandler jobs in South Lincs /Suffolk £19/hour, probably construction work. Says it all. General CSCS labouring £14.75/hr.

Won't be full time though, book you in for a week, cancel the week on Monday morning, site shuts down or slows for a month and doesn't need you etc.
Beware of headline rates, these jobs are temp jobs at best and you need to live near them.

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