Conor:
beefy4605:
In any wage negotations I’ve ever had I always make it clear that I’m talking in a "after tax " senario ie "i want £180 a day after tax and national insurance . From that £180 the only thing left to deduct is my pension . It keeps them from giving you what looks like a good rate but then you lose out when your tax and \national Insurance is deducted . Its up to them to sort out your tax and N.I (and possibly pension )Hope you’re not married and with a married persons tax code because if you are they’d be paying you £1000 less gross per year than someone on the standard 1270L code. And if someone had gone to university and had a student loan to pay then if they’re getting the same net day rate as you they’re getting paid at least 9% more gross pay. And if you hadn’t worked at all since the beginning of the tax year and joined the company in November time other employees would be on 20% more gross pay than you. And when it came to getting a mortgage or a loan they’d stand a better chance than you because the gross figure on their P60 would be more than yours.
Oh and here’s more food for thought. If you’re getting paid a day rate like you want when a tax cut comes into effect like was announced on Friday you won’t benefit a penny, only your employer will. So whereas someone on £30k gross getting paid the normal way would be £400 a year better off in your case only your employer will because they’ll give you the same net £180 pay you wanted and pocket the tax/NI reduction.
Conor when your paid by the day the risk is with your employer - they need to try and work you for as long as they legaly can . If a trailer misses a boat , a load gets cancelled and we end up getting parked up with 6-8 hours spreadover and 4-5 hours driving left on the card then its their loss - they take the risk . Now that we are being paid by the hour the driver takes the risk as if a trailer misses a boat , a load gets cancelled we end up getting parked up and no pay -when you work away all week that can and does happen . We come out on a boat on a Monday morning work all over the UK all week tipping and loading trailers and running them back to the ferry ports . Theres a thousand reasons why a trailer won’t be there when you need it - delays loading , breakdowns etc etc but if that trailer isn’t in Cairnryan , Heysham or Liverpool if Im paid by the hour I loose , paid by the day I win . The trick is to make sure you have a day rate where you win most of the time .