Fair wages

THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: Should the National Wages Council continue to propose a fixed quantum increment? How relevant are the annual guidelines for your organisation ?

John Bittleston Chairman Terrific Mentors International

'YES' and 'Very' are the short answers. 'Yes' because the biggest financial problem in the world is the disparity between the rich and the poor. The NWC recommendations won't make much difference to that, but the fact that these recommendations exist - plus the actual amount of the increment - will stir those with consciences to think about how we are going to solve this problem. It is not someone else's problem; it is ours.

As Terrific Mentors International consists of a group of skilled mentors, employee salaries will not be affected by this wage increase recommendation. However, this is still very relevant to us as these increments will be reflected in the rising costs of all our outsourced support work. That will squeeze our margins and force us to be even more efficient. I am glad that the small …