It would be interesting to get information on how many people are employed are in Ireland on contract now. It seems to be a rapidly growing sector during this recession. This of course is going to cause major revenue problems for the government. The minimum wage or little more is the going rate. No pension or private health insurance. This does not bode well for government planning. Less revenue coming in. Contract workers unable to get bank/building society loans etc. I believe if this type of employment if it accelerates to very high levels of the total workforce the government is in trouble.
Anyone else have views on this
Social Welfare Suggestion Not sure if leaving this as a comment on an unrelated subject is best way to go about this but cannot find a way to start new thread so here goes…my figures are not exact and this particular topic is not a hobby horse of mine or an attack on Social Welfare…it is merely an idea that serves to reduce our expenditure as a country with minimal or no impact on the man on the street. I am not claiming that my figures below are exact but the concept should be clear. The US employs a system… Read more »
Jemser, I believe its improtant to think logically about the “contractor market”. There a number of points that should be made in favour of the use of contract workers: 1) It is important to remember that getting goods and service produced at low cost through the use of contract workers is good for the economy. All other things being equal, consumers will in the vast majority of cases purchase from the lowest cost seller. In a global context we need to be producing goods and services at a low cost in order to prevent our economy from being even more… Read more »