Last edited by doghouse (2015-09-19 14:54:59)
Are you 100% sure of that, operating 100% in the system? There might be some country variations, but it is pretty tight if you are operating legitimately and banking transactions are heavily regulated. For example, if we pay an individual consultant a fee, it must be with a company invoice and the content must meet the Dutch/EU legislation which is now aligned, but still with some grace periods longer than others e.g. Belgium. The accounts software is linked to the tax system and banks and payments are not permitted if invoices are not correct - this goes for everyone we deal with in Europe.
A lot of Brits have missed out on work in the new regime, a couple of oil and engineering companies use to use a lot of Brit engineers who were all allegedly resident in the likes of Saudi Arabia and other countries even though they worked in Europe, but lived in the UK. All of these chaps have been outed from the Dutch market in the last 18 - 24 months as the new laws come into full effect.
Of course, you can still get people to come and work on your house on the black, just about
Last edited by formby1 (2015-09-19 15:30:35)
Exactly what Formby says, if you are in demand, with non-exclusive zero hour contracts with several companies, especially employed through your own Ltd company in the UK, then these type of contracts are a benefit and not a hindrance.
If you're flipping burgers, employed directly and on minimum wage with an exclusive contract, you're likely up the proverbial creek without a paddle.
Formby's advice is of course valid and we all know it, hanging around for Corbyn to wave his magic wand is not the best career message for youth and newly qualified graduates who find it is a very tough world out there.
A lot of well paid professionals work within arrangements where they have no set hours.
The rub comes with low paid workers in shops and service industries where they are at the whim of the boss who can call them for as much or as little time as they wish. I was disappointed to learn that even the Cooperative, an organisation that is supposedly run on ethical lines, are using zero hours contracts in their shops. My mum in law works in a Co-op and as a longstanding employee she has a regular contract with fixed hours however the younger ones can find themselves called in for as little as three hours on two days in a week, then the following week be required to work 60 hours. In the Tories brave new world they should doff their caps and be pathetically grateful that they have jobs.
The thinking coming out here seems to be that if you are one of those people who are stupid enough to be cleaning offices or hospitals, working in a shop, driving a van, or any of the thousands of menial jobs that actually keep society moving, well then you deserve everything you get. Being treated decently, having rights at work and the ability to plan ahead and build up a reasonable life - that's reserved for those who are a bit cleverer and have managed to get to a certain position in their organisation or field of work. Life viewed from a comfortable perch through the wrong end of a telescope.
Anyway...back to Corbyn clobber.
As an expert on sartorial matters I can safely say that the combination of Corbyn and Sartorial in the same sentence is oxymoronic (can a sentence be oxymeronic)
Anyway he dresses crap, and for this reason alone, he is not fit to lead my great nation.
Last edited by Goodyear welt (2015-09-20 01:32:14)
Its all come out in todays Mail. A 4 page bumper Jezza hate special - how at one time he was ramming it home with Diane Abbot and how they went on romantic motorcyle holidays behind the Iron Curtain. The guy deserves a medal.
Last edited by formby1 (2015-09-20 04:49:26)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30224320
There you go, not enough Brickies. Night school, two or three nights a week (you might even get it for free). Pass that and Bobs your uncle, 12 months experience and you'll pull in 5 a week at least I'd have thought. Always a bit of cash work about as well if you've a trade. Its all a question of application and being prepared to get your hands mucky.
This is no different to the shortage of plumbers (which I believe there still is?) when I did my course. Opportunity knocks for anyone with a bit of go in them.
Bit less bitching and a bit more getting on with it. You can still moan about Tories and banks.
Last edited by Sammy Ambrose (2015-09-20 07:21:06)