27th May 2010, 01:24 PM
Why should a company be expected to pay overtime rates if the client's refusing to pay them overtime rates? I gather clients regularly tell our management to f**k-off when they cost-in time and a half etc, comes down to getting the job and keeping people employed or not getting the work and laying them off. Are you so mad keen on your ideology that you'd rather see people laid off than just earn a normal rate - which seems to be fine for the other 40 hours a week....if ten pound an hour or whatever is good 9-5 why is it suddenly not good 5-7 or on a Saturday? Fifteen would be nice but even a tenner seems a lot better than no tenner....:face-stir: