T McGibney
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I know what the waiting list and payment terms are because i enquired about getting work done at one point in time. I was told it was a six month wait and 25% deposit required by Revolut to secure a booking place with the balance to be paid in cash. The person is in the carpentry business specialising in media units.
Said individual was reported to revenue along with vast amounts of proof to back up all claims made and nothing has ever been done about it. In fact this person now has a 6 month waiting list and strictly only accepts cash / revolut for all works carried.
We have employees who refuse pay rises and won't work overtime in case they lose their welfare entitlements.Talk to any retailer and they will tell you how messed up the system is. Most will find it hard to get mature staff to work more than 19 hours a week as they risk losing their Family Income Support or medical card, plus they may have to pay someone else to look after their children. A retailer told me recently that he offered a very good long-term employee a pay rise to take up a supervisory role. She refused it as it would affect her social welfare income. Its hard to blame such employees for this, who would want to work extra hours and responsibilities for less money?
There are extra costs for the employer to hire, train and retain the extra person. There’s also the issue of finding the right person for the job. The employee and employer should be making that decision between them. It shouldn’t be imposed on them by the State.There is an underlying assumption in a lot of discussions that it's generally a good thing for people to be able to work extra hours. Is it better to have 1 person doing a 60 hour week and getting the benefit of the extra cash - or keep them on 40 hours and employ a 2nd person part-time for the remaining 20?
What arguments are they?There are some personal/freedom arguments in favour of people being able to work more and earn more but I think the social, psychological, health, and political counter-arguments outweigh them.
This is interesting, moreso reading the answers, counter arguments.There are extra costs for the employer to hire, train and retain the extra person. There’s also the issue of finding the right person got the job. The employee and employer should be making that decision between them. It shouldn’t be imposed on them by the State.
What arguments are they?