Wages getting cut!, what can i do anything ?

[Maestro]

A mate called today to see where i was working and if anything was going he has been working price work for about 7 years now but he is no house basher he a really good spark but just sees houses as a way to make good money and get early finishes he has worked fir the same company for the last 3 years for the last 3 months he was only getting £120 day as part of 2 man team(£240 a team) doing upgrades on 1 bedroom flats which are fully conduited not great money but he could live with because they were finishing before lunch but on Monday they just cut the money to £120 per team saying there no money in the contract he work for Enterprise I dont who it was before enterprise bought over them

Quick statement

was earning £120 a day for 3 months then money got dropped to 60 a day without a break in the contract

 

[somersetsparks]

If he is an employee, get him to contact his union or the CAB. If he is subbying theres sweet FA he can do.

 

[Hants-Spark]

I'm asumming he's a subbie, therefore can either walk away and try his luck elsewhere or stay on and do 2 jobs in 1 day to make the money up. Unfortunately thats the life as a subbie. Where is he based?

 

[MDJ]

after reading the thread title can you confirm what you want us to say? Because when I read the post the two didn't seem compatible, confused here? sorry

 

[Maestro]

no he is not a subbie, full time books in for the last 3 years with them, t-shirts, jumpers the lot but i dont think the company are SJIB but they do carry a lot of sparks all books in i would say up words of 30 sparks plus probably the same amount of plumbers and joiniers they only d domestic mostly work for coucils rewires,kitchens central heating etc.

 

[Maestro]

sorry if its confusing, basically my mate was earning £120 a day on price work then out of the blue they have cut it to £60 i was wondering of he has any rights etc- been books in with the firm for the last 3 years

 

[somersetsparks]

sorry if its confusing, basically my mate was earning £120 a day on price work then out of the blue they have cut it to £60 i was wondering of he has any rights etc- been books in with the firm for the last 3 years

Well in that case yes, I would go to his shop steward or the CAB.

 

[Hants-Spark]

If he's on the cards and signed a contract stating what his working times and wages would be then I would suspect he has some rights but I couldn't tell you what they were. As mentioned above his best course of action would be to consult a union (if he's in one) or visit the CAB and see what they come back with.

 

[ayjay]

sounds like they want rid of him
if he is finishing before lunch they wont like that, he needs to work harder or go to the council and put in a price under his boss and do the work hiself

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btw i reckon its you ,not a mate

 

[Walter Mitty]

Price work introduction was the beginning of the end for real craftsmanship in this country. Everything to a price and nothing to spec. I remember working for Monks in the early 90's in Teesside and it was just horrendous.