Firewood Employee

[Dave Martin]

My son has been helping me as and when needed prior to going to university but the time has come when I seriously need to look to employing someone on a more serious basis over the winter months or maybe even before. They will need to be able to drive a delivery truck and operate splitters and saws. It might be full time or maybe just three days a week. I am based in the midlands, what would you suggest as an hourly rate? How many employees do you have in your Firewood business? AND I am aware that this is when the trouble start

[likeitorlumpit]

£18k pa

[windfall]

I would advise working out what you can afford and start from there. For example if you can afford £10k then you would need to pro rata this down to how many days or hours per week at a given wage.

 

Sounds like a driving licence, CS30, ability to work unsupervised and common sense is what your after...

 

Just be prepared to kiss a few frogs but output is pretty easy to measure in our game!

[Fahrenheit]

Shouldn't be too hard to find someone. So long as they're responsible and trustworthy the machinery is easy enough to learn.

 

I've been wondering the same and seen as it's an un-skilled job that needs no qualifications i'd be looking at the basic wage you'd pay a labourer. £80 a day i thought.

[eggsarascal]

Shouldn't be too hard to find someone. So long as they're responsible and trustworthy the machinery is easy enough to learn.

 

I've been wondering the same and seen as it's an un-skilled job that needs no qualifications i'd be looking at the basic wage you'd pay a labourer. £80 a day i thought.

 

I have one sometimes two lads that help me in the winter both on £80 per day and i buy lunch

[windfall]

Do you employ them on a casual, cash in hand basis?

[nick channer]

i have 2 that saw and split pretty much all the time and both on 80 a day..

[eggsarascal]

Do you employ them on a casual, cash in hand basis?

 

Not the sort of thing i would discuss on an open forum, pm on its way.

[windfall]

Ill rephrase it, but i dont think its a shady subject to be discussing.

 

If someone is looking to employ someone in a job involving chainsaw use and the operation of a 10ton hydraulic splitter that belongs to a small business owner on the small business owners land.

 

Then where would that person stand with regards to liability insurance and the tax office with respect to employing staff on a casual, cash in hand basis? I thought you were able to employ casual staff on a cash in hand basis without informing the tax office.

 

Would this employer also have to look at health and safety or is this just if the employer has over 5 members of staff?

[Kev Stephenson]

Ill rephrase it, but i dont think its a shady subject to be discussing.

 

If someone is looking to employ someone in a job involving chainsaw use and the operation of a 10ton hydraulic splitter that belongs to a small business owner on the small business owners land.

 

Then where would that person stand with regards to liability insurance and the tax office with respect to employing staff on a casual, cash in hand basis? I thought you were able to employ casual staff on a cash in hand basis without informing the tax office.

 

Would this employer also have to look at health and safety or is this just if the employer has over 5 members of staff?

 

Are you joking?