These people don’t have a clue what they’re talking about.
If someone works 40 hours at minimum wage the extra pay a year is £1,019 p.a.
Then there’s the extra holiday entitlement circa 12% of that figure £122 p.a.
Then there’s the extra Employer’s NI of 15% on the total worked and holiday entitlement circa £171 p.a.
Then the extra minimum Employer pension contribution at 3% circa £34 p.a.
In total that’s circa £1,346 p.a EXTRA per member of staff.
It will lead to job losses, reduced hours or business closures.
Imagine running a restaurant and you’ve got 7 staff. That’s an extra £9,400 p.a. You need to find. Where does it come from?
Its a FORTY NINE PENCE an hour increase ffs 🤦♀️