One of the first issues the SCCR looked at was agencies.
Yes it needs looking at & yes regulation needs to be monitored but the problem lies with the card given out with little effort to prove experience & ability to do the job.
If you can make money by supplying 5 part 2's & 4 part 1s without knowing what they can do you would jump at it.
It is wrong.
A lot of companies are looking to pay through umbrella companies to do away with PAYE, yes thats wrong as well. Scaffs lose out.
Agencies keep down wages for experienced scaffs etc etc.
If our so called Industry body is happy with this issue they have manufactured then yes it will take a lot of work to change it. That is why we need to increase the membership, that is why we need to grow the committee, that is why we are working hard to make a difference.
This year has been slow progress, when you have to work long hours for s**t money time is limited as to what you can achive.
Its goes round in circles, s**t money, too many scaffs, no-one helping, poor rates, prices too cheap = s**t money. As you have seen on other threads the prices some firms go in at now is a joke!
A lot to be done.
SQ