Formal employment of Taxi Dancers/Taxis to be paid..........

[DavidY]

{Mod}I've moved this post to this thread, as it's a duplicate - hope that's OK {/Mod}

Yes, but I thought my original thread title was better. Being a formal employee is a wider issue (contracts, training etc.) than whether or not you get paid..

[ducasi]

Yes, but I thought my original thread title was better.

Happy now?

[Spin dryer]

I'm a solicitor, but I'm a commercial litigator and my knowledge of employment law derives only from what I read in the broadsheets. From what I've read, I'd be very surprised if the minimum wage was not applicable to taxi dancers. There are agencies that supply elderly people to house sit for you. Many of these people would be happy to house sit for a token payment. I understand that it is already established that such people are entitled to the minimum wage.

From my own perspective, I'd be interested to hear what it is that motivates taxi dancers and demonstrators to work for nothing for profit making entities.

[PretzelMeister]

~snip~From my own perspective, I'd be interested to hear what it is that motivates taxi dancers and demonstrators to work for nothing for profit making entities.

As a Ceroc Scotland taxi I am allowed free entry into any ceroc class in Scotland. That does it for me. Think would be hard-pushed to receive net cash income from ceroc to compete with that. I, for one, prefer the informality.

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[David Bailey]

I'm a solicitor, but I'm a commercial litigator and my knowledge of employment law derives only from what I read in the broadsheets. From what I've read, I'd be very surprised if the minimum wage was not applicable to taxi dancers.

Looking at the description of the national minimum wage Act, there seem to be very few exclusions: fishermen paid in a share of profits, unpaid volunteers and prisoners.

I'm pretty sure taxi dancers aren't in any of those categories (even the last one, although sometimes it may feel like it ).

So if they get paid, they pretty much have to get paid the minimum wage. In addition, there are a whole sheaf of rights and protections afforded to paid workers, which will no doubt cause a lot of administrative hassle for the franchisees.

From my own perspective, I'd be interested to hear what it is that motivates taxi dancers and demonstrators to work for nothing for profit making entities.

The glamour, the glory, the fame, the girls. Something like that, I assume.

Blimey, even Ceroc teachers don't get paid a lot considering how much effort they put in - £60 / night or something like that.

[TurboTomato]

fishermen paid in a share of profits, unpaid volunteers and prisoners.

I'm pretty sure taxi dancers aren't in any of those categories (even the last one, although sometimes it may feel like it ).

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The glamour, the glory, the fame, the girls. Something like that, I assume.

You're on form today David!!