You mean you've helped damage the UK, now it's Canada's turn...
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You mean you've helped damage the UK, now it's Canada's turn...
And he's not larfin' now, is he ? Make a moral protest Nigel, refuse your MEP salary and pension.
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I can't understand these Brexiters. They keep telling Europe that if the UK isn't able to cherry pick deal then it will be them who'll end up suffering and yet, they keep moaning and groaning about getting the deal they want. Since when the likes of Farage are so pro Europe and EU? Id say the UK should be bold enough to cut all ties with its major export market and teach these pesky Europeans what it means living without the UK.
Productivity is a long established problem. Are you trying to score points here? Do you know how badly France's economy has performed in the past five years compared to the UK or that the unemployment rate is double over there?
I haven't made any comment but if the UK is to become self-sufficient then they'd better step up their production. Surprising that the Uk are doing so well they want to leave behind their biggest market or at least make make it more difficult to trade.
Perhaps they don't consider zero hour bullshit employment contracts to be actual employment?
i guess if the people of the world collectively agreed not to sign a zero hour contract then they would not exist. We needed a contractor for IT in our German office and we got 0 applicants
Can you have several zero hours contracts?
I guess you could, I know someone that has a perm contract and a zero one for extra cash if she's needed.
There are 900k UK workers on zero hours contracts and surveys found that 70% of workers on them are happy with their hours whilst being more likely to be happy with their work life balance than other staff.
That was based on a survey of just 456 zero-hours workers. It also said that 15% of people on zero-hours contracts want another job compared to 5% of people on normal contracts.
Here's a few interesting comments from the people who conducted it..
If you depend on that job to pay your rent/morgage, then you're living in permanent uncertainty. If you're not then presumably that's much more manageable. Not only would I like to see a survey done with the normally acceptable number of polling recipients, but also one that broke down a lot deeper into the lifestyles of the people being polled. A youngster still living at home is likely to give you extremely different responses to a parent for instance.
Thanks, in theory it looks like something that could be a good idea but I suspect that a lot managers abuse their flaws.
All that aside they don't come close to making up the UK - France employment rate disparity.
@JPRouve
That is correct. They work for a lot of people but some people are badly exploited on them. They should be better regulated rather than outlawed IMO.
Mike Ashley who owns Newcastle United was one of those exploitative employers through his Sports Direct company. He now claims to have cleaned up his act and offers guaranteed hours.
I'm sure they dont, and France has plenty of problems of its own. What I don't accept however is that the UK with its exploding growth of zero hour contracts, stagnating wages and diminishing workers rights is some champion of employment, while France who actually have good working conditions are the ones doing it wrong.
I never said that the UK was a champion of employment. I was simply contrasting criticisms aimed at the UK and its economy.
On the employment rate in France, there are jobs but most of them are in or around Paris and not necessarily well paid, so since Paris is fairly expensive when it comes to rents, people aren't keen to move.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/apr/10/france.internationalnews
According to that it is broadly to do with French labour laws. Granted it is from 2006 but the unemployment rates have changed little.
@Kentonio look away now.
More recent, same story.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/hsbc-note-on-the-french-labour-market-and-economy-2016-3
Why would I look away? I'd rather have a 'stagnant' economy where people are properly paid and protected, than a 'vibrant' economy where the workers are treated like shit but the stockholders are getting great dividends.
But screw the poor saps that can't get a job at all right. London now has a French population as large as France's 6th largest city because there is nothing for them over there anymore.
What are these great rights that you get over there anyway?
I'm going to insist on that one, the reason for high unemployment isn't the contracts. It's the lack of mobility, the obsession with experience, the obsession with diplomas and a deficiency in professional training which makes careers changes more difficult.
And there is no particular great rights, other than an employer has to respect the contract he signed whether it is a CDI(undetermined duration contract) or a CDD(determined duration contract), you can only fire someone for serious misconduct.
As an aside, what is the deal with property ownership there, do most people rent? If you do rent what bills or upkeep are you liable for?
58% own their home which is in the low end in Europe. As for the bills, the usual gas, electricity, home insurance, syndic(I think that it's called trustee?).
Oh totally, I'd never sign one. A day here a day there, feck that.
What if you get into retirement are with no property ownership does the state provide good accommodation?
Not really but you can always ask for a HLM.
In most places RTT would be considered a pretty big perk. Also the compulsory bonus for profit sharing.
In most places RTT would be considered a pretty big perk. Also the compulsory bonus for profit sharing.
What are the details?
RTT is a system that gives you a day off every month. On top of your normal holidays which are already good. The compulsory bonus thing I don't know the legal details, but its something like if your company is publicly listed and they make a decent profit they have to give you some of it. Last year a month after our normal yearly bonus we suddenly got given about a months pay because of this rule. Which was nice.
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To be fair, I'm unable to make any comparison.
RTT is a system that gives you a day off every month. On top of your normal holidays which are already good. The compulsory bonus thing I don't know the legal details, but its something like if your company is publicly listed and they make a decent profit they have to give you some of it. Last year a month after our normal yearly bonus we suddenly got given about a months pay because of this rule. Which was nice.
That would be nice. My company gives a profit related bonus at the end of the year only about 25% of a monthly salary in recent years though. What are the standard holidays over there?
The rules around sick days are the only area I think Britain have it better. I was shocked when I heard you have to have a doctors note for a single day off work in France. Also having a note when someone has died. That freaked me out.
@JPRouve will probably be better able to tell you the details, I don't really concentrate enough. I just see days free and then use them.
@JPRouve will probably be better able to tell you the details, I don't really concentrate enough. I just see days free and then use them.
36 days, 25 paid leave and the rest paid public holidays. The UK is 28 days leave but no obligation for the employer to pay the 8 days of public holiday, though my employer does.
The Yanks get 0 days paid holiday by law and 0 days paid public holidays!
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To make it simple, you have 2.5 days per months(or period of 24 days). The RTT are based on negotiations within the company or the branch you are working for.
So you can get 9.5 weeks of paid leave plus bank holidays! It is too much really. Not surprising it comes at a cost to the wider economy.
You missed something or I did something wrong. https://www.french-property.com/news/french_life/france_holidays_rtt/
I got that off wiki. Stated as the maximum possible.
At the exception of teachers, no one get that.
Apparently you can get it working for Orange too!