Thanks to Melanie McDonagh from the Standard Online for the Headline
Youth employment has been hit severely by the change in cost structures introduced by various governments, which, while trying to improve the conditions for lower paid workers have been used by employers, particularly in retail, hospitality and entry-level jobs for first time workers to reduce the numbers employed on the basis of the cost to them.
The article suggests transferring benefits that older people in London get for a travel card that enables them on some occasions to travel free throughout the day or possibly just at off peak times to young people who are going to interviews of indeed travelling to work. Frankly I think this is robbing Peter to pay Paul.
However, let’s look at employers calling “foul”. If a young person can do the job then they should be paid to do that job at an agreed rate. If you cannot run your business and employ people fairly, in good conditions and with rewards and training to continuously improve then you shouldn’t be allowed to employ people. That is the other side of the coin. If anyone needs help to travel then they should be considered for help, if it allows them to achieve their goal.
Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏
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