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From: Veggie Dave on 28 Apr 2010 09:12 'Hog <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote the following literary masterpiece: >So can we assume the EU has created some sort of exception to low wage >regulations to keep this going? If the situation is anything like it is here then the authorities aren't interested in taking any action against employers breaking the law unless the person who was employed makes an official complaint, which rarely happens as most don't know their rights [1] or don't want to get a bad name within the industry (particularly prevalent in film and TV). If you report an illegal employer but aren't the person who was employed by them then the authorities won't do a single solitary thing about it. Although that's not surprising when you can find illegal job ads all over government websites, not to mention on websites of publicly funded companies and organisations. [1] Such as being legally entitled to the outstanding wages that you should have received. -- Veggie Dave http://www.iq18films.co.uk "To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine
From: des hanging around for a while on 28 Apr 2010 11:02 On 28-04-2010, Veggie Dave <Veggie~Dave(a)127.0.0.1> wrote: > If the situation is anything like it is here then the authorities aren't > interested in taking any action against employers breaking the law Not least because it allows them to boast about 'lowering the unemployment rates'...
From: 'Hog on 28 Apr 2010 11:30 Paul S wrote: > Would have thought they would be compliant with the minimum wage by > offsetting the cost of accommodation/food/transport/uniform etc > against their gross wages? They value a bunk bed in a garage rather highly don't you think? would you do it for the money. -- Hog
From: Switters on 28 Apr 2010 12:32 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:30:25 GMT, 'Hog wrote: > Paul S wrote: > >> Would have thought they would be compliant with the minimum wage by >> offsetting the cost of accommodation/food/transport/uniform etc >> against their gross wages? > > They value a bunk bed in a garage rather highly don't you think? > would you do it for the money. No-one gets into that kind of thing for the money. They do it to spend a season on the slopes, getting in as much skiing or boarding as possible. Free food and a bed to crash is better than some of the ski bums out there, who spend all season washing in the toilets, or not in some cases. Only most of them don't realise that they will end up spending more time at work than on the slopes. No-one I've spoken to has done more than a couple of seasons, unless they really find a niche. When you're young, you don't care.
From: J�r�my on 28 Apr 2010 16:45
Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote in news:u06ht55de8mpoqfcjf6ten3nj8b5uscjij(a)4ax.com: > Been a while since I came across this type, but yes, in some of the > French resorts, Val and Cham particularly, this is/was all too common. > Possibly the best concentrations of really serious skiing in the Alps. Coincidence? I think not... -- Jeremy R1200RT |