PeteMorris Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Well then, you know what to do: Get married, stop working, and have lots of babies! Wait, New Labour encouraged that a decade ago, and it was a financial disaster. Does getting married make an iota of difference these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Are your recruiting techniques suspect then?...Are they typically high turnover type jobs (like call centres etc)...Not that we have been able to determine and no, the jobs we have problems with are high-end secretarial/admin ('not your usual legal secretarial job'). The few good ones we've found...only want bits of jobs (2 and a half days here, 2 days there, mornings only, that kind of stuff). That's no good to us or to our clients, we need and want full-timers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Surely it would be very easy to find good staff if you paid very good wages? I'm not suggesting you don't, as I have no idea what your business is. I can scan though CV's very quickly to find potentially excellent people. Why is it so time consuming? It's not - well I dont find it is. It's the interviewing afterwards that takes the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Well then, you know what to do: Get married, stop working, and have lots of babies! Wait, New Labour encouraged that a decade ago, and it was a financial disaster. People have been having so many kids, that our population would be shrinking were it not for immigration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheff1johnny Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Tax credits are being cut to make sure pensioners keep all their benefits. I think increasing the minimum wage would make more sense as less people would need tax credits. No wonder Osbourne didn't want to tell anyone how he wanted to slash 12 billion from the welfare bill. Then they are on about introducing another tax cut. Labour needs to stand up to these posh bullies and stop agreeing with the austerity measures. Thats why SNP did so well, they had a clear message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin6 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Are you happy that people on about 33k get tax credits? Are you happy that someone can claim up to £26k in benefits and not lift a finger - tax free, would need to earn £33k to get same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Does getting married make an iota of difference these days? Usually it's better if all the kids come from different parents and the woman stays 'single'. Then one of the blokes moves in on the sly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Genuine question - would there have been any need for working tax credits if housing costs hadn't become so out of kilter? Wouldn't it have been more cost effective to sort out the housing market 15 years ago instead of topping up people's earnings? Maybe Chem1st can help me out with this question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yea, but you can't easily fix problems from 15 years ago. It's ridiculous in London right now, but then again would you think living in London and working the checkout at Sports Direct was a good idea financially?? People in London can't see past the M25, but will complain all day that they can't afford rent either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Are you happy that someone can claim up to £26k in benefits and not lift a finger - tax free, would need to earn £33k to get same That's an absolute maximum cap. It's not a target or a 'normal' amount to claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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