26th September 2011, 05:13 PM
BAJR Wrote:O h I do agree. that setting pay minima for self employed is fraught. but then... after all, there are set minima for employed.no cries of cartel there. just a realisation that minimum wage is just that.
But then not every company pays these minima, so if it was a cartel, it'd be a pretty crap one!
BAJR Wrote:and all that should be added is that for a person to go below what they would get being employed... why the hell don't they just get a job instead? as rather than being flexible, they are working harder to make less. !
Possibly because there are not that many jobs out there at the moment? I know a number of people who've gone down the self-employed route over the last three years, and the impetus for all of them was being let go by a unit, then not being able to pick up work with another as easily as would have been the case pre-2008. Some are earning less than they did when they were employed, some more, but all took the view that it would be better to be earning something as a self-employed archaeologist than just sitting around and signing on while waiting for a job with the next unit.
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum