what,
the minimum wage applies to everybody. "Cheap foreign labour" is usually when it's outsourced to India.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:44, archived)

No no, using illegal immigrants for your work force and paying them less than minimum wage is legal under the current Labour government.

( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:46, archived)

illegal immigration is legal?
what?
It's not legal to employ illegal immigrants on ANY wage.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:47, archived)

You didn't understand my post.
I was being sarcastic.
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:48, archived)

I erred on the side of caution.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:49, archived)

... surely caution would put you on the side of not thinking I'm a complete moron.
surely hopefully
( Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:51, archived)

I thought the cautious line here
would be to make that point as clear as possible, for a certain individual.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:53, archived)

That's the ridiculously optimistic line.

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:55, archived)

I shouldn't worry, he's shit.

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Wed 27 May 2009, 18:51, archived)

Did you not see the headlines?
They made me laugh
( Methylene Blue - electrohead, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:51, archived)

Any particular paper?
Yes, sometimes newspaper headlines can be very funny. Often because they are the completely deranged rantings of a madman with a grudge, with all the grammar taken out.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:54, archived)

Could have been either the Daily Express
Or some London paper.

It was purely the headline. I don't bother reading those.
( Methylene Blue - electrohead, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:56, archived)

Jesus

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:57, archived)

This is certainly true in theory.
In practise, there are a number of unscrupulous employers and agencies who deliberately hire workers with a poor grasp of English so that they can exploit them, paying them less than the minimum, or even charge them for work. These are usually big (multi-)national companies, e.g. Dominos.

Personally I'd prefer tigher auditing and tougher penalties, but like any other prohibitive law, it would still be circumvented; some poor bastards with no crime other than some dodgy book-keeping would get whacked with the full punishment while the real criminals would still flout the law with bare-faced cheek, because they can afford to hire the best lawyers.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:53, archived)

Yeah someone will always break the rules
even if it was the BNP who had made the rules.

Anyway I reckon it's all the immigrants leaving that's crashed our economy in the first place.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Wed 27 May 2009, 18:56, archived)