y2johnny wrote:it still kind of matters because 20 hours a week at £7.20 ph rather than 20 hours per week at £5.50 an hour is still an extra £34 a week. which based on the old £5.50 per hour rate is an additional 6 hours wages nearly for nothing. (I know it isn't for nothing and it still isn't good enough but just thought i would point that out!)Hipster_Nebula wrote:It doesn't matter what you pay people when the maximum amount of hours most companies offer nowadays is 20.
Yeah that'll cover the rent/mortgage, council tax, car tax, petrol, food, clothes, electricity, water etc etc etc.
employers get away with murder when it comes to shit pay and low wages.