Staffing Issues for Summer of 2021

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by BoatHouse

What if the business keeps the hourly pay at $7.25/hour, but offers a bonus if the employee works 10-12 weeks?
For example - Bonus pay of $5/hour. An employee that works 30 hours/week for 12 weeks could earn $1,800 bonus. Pay 50% of the bonus after 1-2 weeks and remaining 50% after the 10-12 week period.

I'm not a kid looking for a job but I wouldn't go for a deal like that. I would want my money every week, JMO.

[Winilyme]

Originally Posted by Biggd

I'm not a kid looking for a job but I wouldn't go for a deal like that. I would want my money every week, JMO.

The kid could hire a lawyer for $1,800 to write up a contract.

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by Winilyme

The kid could hire a lawyer for $1,800 to write up a contract.

So after you give the lawyer $1,800 you end up with $7.25 an hour?

[Winilyme]

Originally Posted by Biggd

So after you give the lawyer $1,800 you end up with $7.25 an hour?

I'm positive you know sarcasm when you read it - even though I didn't use a smiley face. My point in all this is that you can't fight city hall. While Boat's idea is innovative, it seems few business owners want to support a competitively higher wage regardless of how you end up paying it. Somehow there's a fear that they aren't going to survive if the minimum wage is raised. Yet here we are, because NH is uncompetitive with surrounding states, businesses are at risk of not surviving.

As someone pointed out above, few businesses are actually paying only $7.25/hour, yet the optics of them paying that courtesy of the 'minimum wage law compared to other states' is exasperating the problem with recruiting workers from those places. And therein lies the problem. During the summer you have many more jobs/hours, and a less-than-matching infiltration of temporary labor.

So, I don't see a widespread application of solutions like this unless they somehow bring in the laborers from outside NH that are finding more lucrative employment elsewhere.

[MotorHead]

Originally Posted by Biggd

So after you give the lawyer $1,800 you end up with $7.25 an hour?

ROLFMAO

Some people come up with the craziest ideas to save a penny.
If you hire someone, just pay them a reasonable rate.