Minimum Wage Campaign Scotland

Minimum Wage Campaign Scotland

Minimum wage campaign has arrived in Scotland.

Low-paid Scottish workers are set to benefit from a government campaign to raise awareness of the national minimum wage.  A roadshow organised by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTI) visited Glasgow recently, with a double decker bus with its “£5.52: Are you on Board”? campaign slogan on it.  

The bus will be travelling to 30 towns across the UK over the next three months, offering free help and information about the minimum wage.

People visiting the bus will be able to use the tools provided onboard to work out if they are being paid the minimum wage and to make a complaint if they have concerns, which enforcement officers will then investigate.  In 2006, enforcement officers helped return nearly £427,000 in wages to nearly 800 workers in Scotland who had been underpaid by their employers.

Our view

This is a difficult subject.  The law is the law but, as employers, we do not agree with what the minimum wage stands for.  It does not promote hard working, it does not promote competition within a workforce.  It merely assists those who do not want to work hard.  If you employer does not pay enough for the job that you do then leave.  Market forces should be allowed to deal with employment pay, not laws.  

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