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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You assume too much and read things into comments that aren’t there.
I don’t know whose wages you think it undermines when the people wanting such work in this country simply aren’t there.
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Every time a company imports labour it undermines wages across a number of sectors because they are choosing not to pay the market rate in this country for it.
If people don’t “want” to do types of work they should incentivise them. Pay more.
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With that I agree, and provide suitable training, too. That is exactly what the government has been advocating post Brexit.
Unfortunately there are too many people who are fit to work but just claiming benefits without even trying to find work.
One person I know hasn’t worked for years. She’s fit and healthy but simply doesn’t want to work. But she’s been claiming benefits all this time. If she can do this so easily, why would she want to go to work?
So unless we tackle these people head on, employers will continue to struggle in getting people to do low paid jobs.
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A lovely piece of anecdotal evidence supported by nothing. You have no way of knowing on what basis the DWP are awarding her benefits.
Employers should pay more to encourage people into low paid jobs.
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Originally Posted by denphone
Have you any statistical proof that trickle down economics works because all the evidence so far says it does not happen.
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Except those in “low paid jobs” who are better off on benefits, allegedly.