22nd June 2004, 05:16 PM
Hmm, I would suggest that this is because you set the BAJR scales at the level of actual prevailing pay rates.
If there is a desperate shortage of diggers, in theory the pay rates should go up. If they do not it suggests that the employers are unable to pay more, that is, tenders submitted by units are too low. This is interesting, and I would expect pay rates and tenders to start to creep up.
But if you CAN get someone to work for 200 quid a week, that is what will be offered. The cycle needs to be broken somehow.
If there is a desperate shortage of diggers, in theory the pay rates should go up. If they do not it suggests that the employers are unable to pay more, that is, tenders submitted by units are too low. This is interesting, and I would expect pay rates and tenders to start to creep up.
But if you CAN get someone to work for 200 quid a week, that is what will be offered. The cycle needs to be broken somehow.