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.ead wito interest the report 1 driver shortages (CM13-20 apt) and also the Comment, .:an't Pay, Must Pay!" in your (cellent magazine. I fear it is A always a question of money ocl wage rates being at fault in fery case.
I run a small haulage iciness with five eight. wheelers working on quarry products—there is plenty of work available at the moment, but sadly a lack of quality drivers. At the moment I pay my staff £6 per hour up 10 50 hours and £7 per hour overtime, and still find it difficult to get anyone to drive. Am I perhaps paying them too much?
The trouble is, I have heard it said; '1 don't want to earn too much per week, otherwise I shall miss out on my other benefits from the state." Is the government over-generous with their helping free handouts, like housing benefit, council tax payments etc?
Is this part of the real reason people seem rather workshy? Perhaps the whole thing needs looking at and reviewing from a different angle. Has the state's generosity killed the incentive to bother to get up and go out to work?
As for your comment of, "Can't Pay, Won't Pay'", finding someone to pay the cash to is the real problem faced by many hauliers, I, and I am sure many others, would welcome your readers' comments on the above situation.
Thank you for a wonderful magazine.
Jean Sharpies, J Sharpies 84, Son Haulage. Eardsley, Herefordshire.