€350 for 3 days work - Is this a good wage

Lizzie33

Hi

I am wondering if €350 for 3 days work for a Mum working partime would be considered a good enough wage?

Thanks

feylya

It's worth €30,000 a year if she was working full time. €14.50 an hour. That's not bad. But what do you want it to be good enough for?

Lizzie33

I thinks its a good wage too.
Sorry I probably phrased it wrong, I didn't actually mean good enough for anything in particular.
I'm trying to help a friend of mine who is an employer, she has just taken over a business where the previous employer paid a lot of cash "under the table". 2 of the employees are coming out with approx €350 per week for 3 days work and have said that their wages are way down and they need pay rises. Going over €352 will bring them into PRSI and PAYE, so any pay rise would have to be quite significant. Pro-rata they are on the highest wages.

It's a very messy situation.

CuLT

I think the most important question then is how replaceable are they and what sort of work do they do.

mikemac

What sort of business is this?
Like if these employees are shop assistants it's excellent but maybe this is a physiotherapy clinic and it's not so good.

Possibly it may be time to let the staff go and hire new staff.
It's just an option, don't jump at this

PeakOutput

obviously depending on what it is 14.50 is by no means "way down"

leeroybrown

I don't see how we can help you given the information. I don't really see what relevance the working mother element has. How can we say what three days work a week for a person doing an unspecified job is worth. The only thing that should matter is the value of the work to the business.

Your friend is managing a business and this means they need to decide how much their work is worth to the company and set a rate based on that. These staff either put up with it, leave or have to be moved on. They're not really in that great a position given that they were happy with an undeclared arrangement.

the_syco

Lizzie33 wrote: »

she has just taken over a business where the previous employer paid a lot of cash "under the table". 2 of the employees are coming out with approx €350 per week for 3 days work and have said that their wages are way down and they need pay rises.

Under the table avoids tax, and allows you to be eligible for benefits you wouldn't be eligible for, if you earned over a certain amount. €350 a week equals €18,200 a year. Best advice: see their reaction when you mention that they'll be put on the tax system.

Saying that, certain sectors, such as bouncers, this is widespread, mainly as it's seen as a part-time job, and if they were taxed, they'd leave (as the tax rate would be so high, they'd end up with little or less).

If your friend feels that she can do without them, or thinks that they can be replaced, get her to subtly tell the employees that you'll be putting them on the tax system, by asking for their PPS numbers.

Jo King

I know a man who paid an employee under the table because the cost of giving him the same money "into his hand" through the books would be so high. There was a Revenue investigation and the employer had to pay all the tax and PRSI as well as penalties and interest. Generating the cash to pay money under the table may also involve keeping dodgy books. An audit may bring all sorts of problems.