Milking shift pay?
- Thread starter Rach245
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Milkcow365
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- Location
- Sw Scotland
£12 through the books, remember in Scotland we have the agricultural wages board so get most of the above
Jdunn55
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- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Why? I have been self employed for the past 3 years whilst doing my relief milking and it suited me far better! Could charge more and earnt more as I dont have holidays and am never off sick!
Homesy
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- Location
- North West Devon
To put things in to perspective, my 18 year old son, who is at uni, gets over £10 per hour for working part time in a supermarket. He also gets paid holiday, full sick pay, pension contributions and two 10% discount cards, one for him and one for his family . Needs to be £15 minimum should be pushing £20
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
Odd that farmers use a relief milker based on the hourly charge.
If the guy is milking 100 cows at spring flush, he's looking after getting on for £100,000 worth of stock and putting £1000 worth of milk in the tank. Missing an ailing cow or putting AB's or water in the tank and the extra tenner a shift looks good value for money.
If the guy is milking 100 cows at spring flush, he's looking after getting on for £100,000 worth of stock and putting £1000 worth of milk in the tank. Missing an ailing cow or putting AB's or water in the tank and the extra tenner a shift looks good value for money.
___\0/___
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- Location
- SW Scotland
I used to do it and dealing with the general public mostly consisted of two questions. Where is the...? And can you reach the...? I was one of the few that volunteered for night shift they were brilliant to work with, most had been there years and were on an old contract which made them lots of cash.
dairydurham
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Please explain
ollie989898
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Being self employed and only working for one company in a full time capacity. It's fraud.
dairydurham
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As long as you make sure its not full time not illegall. I think definition of legal is all ok as long as contractor can send replacement in if they cant make it. Gives flexibility to all parties .
ollie989898
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We all know it is being used as a way for employers to dodge NI and pension contributions. It's literally robbing the tax payer and just isn't on.
This forum is regularly host to comments about people who refuse to work or who haven't saved to pay for their care in old age etc etc etc. This is a different end of the same approximate issue.
- Location
- Shropshire
Quite right I know of three people personally who have been working at one person only for over a decade how the hell they get away with it I don’t know where I first started out the boss got done for it when his tractor man left after 14 years had to back pay all the owed amounts
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Here's the proper test. Are you brave enough to give it a try and share the result?
Check employment status for tax
Use the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to find out if you, or a worker on a specific engagement, should be classed as employed or self-employed for tax purposes.
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
I doubt if most people working on farms even have a written contract.
s line
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- Location
- Gloucestershire uk
One farm i used to work on. On a self employed basis they insisted that i sign a contract to say that i was self employed. 3 page's of stuff about it that i had to read.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Just done that Hmrc questionnaire and I'm classed as self employed for the job I do
Ducati899
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- Location
- north dorset
Last relief we had 3ish years ago was on £18@hr cows were always in yard ready so was literally milk wash through/down go
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
No it's not
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Yes