Looks like the debate represented some sanity within the Apprenticeships debates – BUT
“Martin Prescott, Managing Director of HT Skills, said: “It’s enormously difficult to get young people to go into a job at £19 a week when they can sit at home for £63 a week.”
Where does this come from?? – min wage £2.60 an hour X minimum 30 hours a week gives an absolute minimum weekly wage of £78 per week (which is bad enough) so WHERE does £19 a week come from????
HI Andrew, This is a typo, I was at the HofC debate and cannot recall Martin saying £19. It was an excellent debate which we hope to build upon for the conference we are holding in March to discuss all of these issues.
Thanks Lindsay AND Andrew. I compared £90/wk for an apprentice (not £19!) against JSA at £63/wk, but actually Andrew is right when he says 30hrs at the apprentice rate of £2.60hr earns just £78/wk. If young people can’t see the long-term value of getting a foot on the employment ladder, £15 for 30hrs work is never going to make the difference.
The Future Jobs Fund taught us that SMEs can create new jobs in good volumes – AND stimulate local economies – if only there was some short-term wage support to encourage them to do so. One wonders how bad youth unemployment has to get before somebody in Government finally joins the dots.
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Looks like the debate represented some sanity within the Apprenticeships debates – BUT
“Martin Prescott, Managing Director of HT Skills, said: “It’s enormously difficult to get young people to go into a job at £19 a week when they can sit at home for £63 a week.”
Where does this come from?? – min wage £2.60 an hour X minimum 30 hours a week gives an absolute minimum weekly wage of £78 per week (which is bad enough) so WHERE does £19 a week come from????
HI Andrew, This is a typo, I was at the HofC debate and cannot recall Martin saying £19. It was an excellent debate which we hope to build upon for the conference we are holding in March to discuss all of these issues.
Thanks Lindsay AND Andrew. I compared £90/wk for an apprentice (not £19!) against JSA at £63/wk, but actually Andrew is right when he says 30hrs at the apprentice rate of £2.60hr earns just £78/wk. If young people can’t see the long-term value of getting a foot on the employment ladder, £15 for 30hrs work is never going to make the difference.
The Future Jobs Fund taught us that SMEs can create new jobs in good volumes – AND stimulate local economies – if only there was some short-term wage support to encourage them to do so. One wonders how bad youth unemployment has to get before somebody in Government finally joins the dots.