Tricky Situation

[reggaee]

I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right place because I'm near here but here goes.

I'm currently working as a Business Admin/Project Engineer, I've just recently finished my Apprenticeship for the Business Administrator about 2 weeks ago, my boss has said to me that he is going to decide to keep me on or not in about 2 weeks time but is still going to pay me the Apprenticeship wage which is a poor £95 a week. I dislike my boss a stupid amount because of the way he treats his employees, he has a few young staff what are the similar age to me 16-19, and he treats them very badly, there's been a few occassions where I've thought about taking it to the Employment Tribunal but haven't really got the guts to go that far with the comments he's made towards me and other colleagues, but anyway more to the point, on my contract it states that when my Apprenticeship is formally over he has to create a new contract for me and pay me the correct wage, or to get rid basically.

I was curious as to what I should do, should I sit and wait for him to make a decision as to what my future plans are going to be, or should I get someone more professional involved to talk to discuss to him about rules and regulations of employment law or whatever because I don't think he realises how serious it is to not pay someone minimum wage.

I hope this makes sense, reading it through it probably doesn't but there you go.

Thanks Sam

[Mr Sparkle]

If you are no longer an apprentice then minimum wage would apply.

Time for a new job.

[RemainAllHoof]

OTOH do you value the experience more? Useful for the CV? It's tough out there...

[Cyberprog]

You can always turn round and sting him for the Minimum wage for the intervening period if he decides not to keep you on. He's obliged to pay minimum wage if he were to keep you on anyway.

[reggaee]

I would say I value the experience more, because he does set me on to do alot of Project Management/Project Engineer, and he says there is a position for me to fill as a Project Engineer, its just so frustrating because he isn't willing to pay me the correct wage at the moment, and living off the wage I'm on now is pretty difficult

[4Q]

£95 per week?

You'd be better off on Jobseeker's Allowance mate.

Hold the 's feet to the fire. Make him pay you what he should do! If he doesn't, fk him right over.

[RemainAllHoof]

Make yourself indispensable and make yourself someone he likes. 6 months later, discuss a pay rise stating that you can't cope with the meagre salary, possibly providing him with job ads for similar roles with much more competitive salaries - he ought to realise it would be easier to keep you on than get rid and train someone up again.

Forget the bhing stuff if you can. It won't help you; if others are feeling hard done by then it's up to them to fight for their own rights. If they are happy to accept it, then they'll always be bullied; they can work in local authority and join a union.

[reggaee]

Job Seekers allowance is £50 pound a week, that's a last resort, I was on it for 2 weeks, I can't handle it, I don't know how you can, its pretty depressing doing nothing.

And I've discussed it to him numerous times, but he always pushes it further and further away, I was meant to get my pay rise about a month ago, but now it has been put on hold to the 8th of April, then is when he is going to make a decision about me.

[RemainAllHoof]

I wish you all the best with it. Hopefully, something good will come of it.