Government to pay wages of under 25s for 6 months

Only if they're new starters.

If anyone started work on the last 2 years in an unskilled job then I'd be very very worried.

 

Can you explain more?

 

They're announcing a scheme that companies can set on under 25s and the government will pay 25 hours a week minimum wage for 6 months.

 

And then get rid of them?

 

Well then the employer has the option of doing that if they want or keeping them on.

My original point was that if an employer has recently employed an unskilled worker then a lot will be getting rid of them and replacing them with someone free of charge. Financially it makes sense to to do

 

i imagine a scenario of a company laying off worker A, and then hiring worker B as the government will pay the wages of worker B.

It was a common thing when YTS was in, take on an apprentice at £27.50 a week, get rid after 2 years and take a new one on.

 

If it's true then it's also going to be an even tougher job market for anyone over 25 who got made redundant because of Covid 19. That's the danger with targeted schemes like this, they may create jobs but they can also leave people who don't fit the criteria in even deeper **** than they already were.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53324201

 

The old YTS and YOP schemes were great in principle but were terrible in reality.

 

Sounds like the Youth Employment Scheme, I was on in 1982,guaranteed 12 months paid work. Have you noticed that nothing ever changes in the UK? 40 years on, a Conservative government, a failed economy, high unemployment, poor manufacturing, outside of Europe,. A minority exclusive elite running things for their own desires.
Have a great day.

 

YTS, YOP etc were amazingly good for the arts.

You could get paid by the government to be in a band or be an artist.

It was an unexpected outcome that the Tory government wasn't planning for.

 

Great so all the over 25s getting laid off wont be able to get work cos theyve been replaced by 'free labour'.

Around heres going to be carnage.

 

Surely there has to be something put in place to stop the potential to lay off existing staff to accommodate these Govt paid employees. Then again this is an uncaring Tory Govt

 

Theyve done a lot of good to keep people in a job, albeit alot on technicalities.

Biggest way to turn the big ship economy around is to get out the house and start spending.

Be it pubs, local cafes, shops, the market, hit the offices, the sandwich shops.

Otherwise inside the next 6 months the vast majority will be mothballed and will never reopen.

 

To make an individual redundant you have to demonstrate the post itself is redundant. Of course dodgy employers will try to work around this and if you have been employed for less than 2 years you have very little legal protection.

 

Short term there will be less zero hour contracts.

I can see anyone U25 getting fixed term contracts on min wage at say Asos etc and those who are employed indirectly via an agency over 25 being roundly ****** sideways

 

I think a lot of people myself included have taken the time to re-evaluate what’s important and what we spend our money on and can’t see a return to former ways. That may be harsh on those businesses but we have just had a great demonstration as to what is essential and non essential shopping and I’m happy to stick to essential.

 

Agree about the zero hours but that’s a good thing. Imo. Lots of companies particularly in food distribution letting people go anyway. My brothers one of them. It’ll be a hard job market for the next 5years imo

 

Spending is linked to confidence. If the government want *all* people to go to pubs, restaurants, shops, etc then they have to allow them to feel safe to do so. I'm afraid with the mixed messages and confusing information coming from the top, a lot of people will vote with their feet and not go back out because they don't feel safe to do so.

If you look at the %age of the population with "underlying health conditions", its significant (5% are diabetic for example and ~20% are over 65 - although some are *both*) and many of those are likely to not return to their previous spending habits.

I'm afraid that a lot of businesses have been forced to open, but won't have the customers they need to support them going forward.

 

If what’s being reported is correct where govt will pay 100% of upto 25 hours can see a lot of job sharing kicking in at some companies.
Why employ one person and have to top up 15 hours on a 40 hour week, when you can employ 2 for free.
Hopefully they will put something in to offer some protection against this type thing.