New Posts For Thread: Britain's Hardest Workers - Inside the Low Economy Wage BBC 2https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2Watched it last night. Available on iPlayer.Two jobs this week were hotel room cleaning and recycling sorting conveyor work.Conclusions drawn so far from the programme. Foreign workers in the minimum wage jobs work harder. A lot of the workers hav*we're not werehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549768591#549768591*we're not wereFri, 26 Aug 2016 14:07:15 -0500I, as you know, put the blame on the 18 years before that - as well as the 97-07 continuation of the same.It's all been said earlier in the thread, rob.Certainly the amount of expendable income after rent/council tax/bills (let's not forget the costhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549768583#549768583I, as you know, put the blame on the 18 years before that - as well as the 97-07 continuation of the same.It's all been said earlier in the thread, rob.Certainly the amount of expendable income after rent/council tax/bills (let's not forget the costFri, 26 Aug 2016 14:06:34 -0500This is the first episode I have watched, and only vaguely. Minimum wage increases are the simplest and most effective solution imo. I prefer that to tax credits or something similar. That and, of course making the cost of housing less. Housing behttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549768513#549768513This is the first episode I have watched, and only vaguely. Minimum wage increases are the simplest and most effective solution imo. I prefer that to tax credits or something similar. That and, of course making the cost of housing less. Housing beFri, 26 Aug 2016 14:00:11 -0500Has been a very interesting week's viewing, rob. Presented quite fairly with opinions of people in many fields from many organisations with no real political attachments.Some interesting facts from it too. eg, only 1 in 4 minimum wage workers ever gehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549768461#549768461Has been a very interesting week's viewing, rob. Presented quite fairly with opinions of people in many fields from many organisations with no real political attachments.Some interesting facts from it too. eg, only 1 in 4 minimum wage workers ever geFri, 26 Aug 2016 13:51:39 -0500I have down absolutely loads of low paid/minimum wage jobs. Pretty much without exception they were harder than the better paid jobs I have had. But they lacked skill or responsibility. Kind of obvious really, watching it now.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549767955#549767955I have down absolutely loads of low paid/minimum wage jobs. Pretty much without exception they were harder than the better paid jobs I have had. But they lacked skill or responsibility. Kind of obvious really, watching it now.Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:10:41 -0500There is no easy solution.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549763549#549763549There is no easy solution.Thu, 25 Aug 2016 17:11:48 -0500*2ndhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549761741#549761741*2ndThu, 25 Aug 2016 14:06:55 -0500Grossly exaggerated says Nicki, it's only £14.8 billion.However on the plus side tractor sales are up for the 23nd year running.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549761739#549761739Grossly exaggerated says Nicki, it's only £14.8 billion.However on the plus side tractor sales are up for the 23nd year running.Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:06:15 -0500I hear dear Nicky is 15 billion down.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549761435#549761435I hear dear Nicky is 15 billion down.Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:29:07 -0500Alias why you avoiding the politics forum? Anything to do with the GERS figures?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30727093/britains-hardest-workers---inside-the-low-economy-wage-bbc-2?post_id=549761193#549761193Alias why you avoiding the politics forum? Anything to do with the GERS figures?Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:01:50 -0500