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lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 07 4:33 pm Post subject:
students i mean - not sheep!!

MarkS

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 2626

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 07 5:35 pm Post subject:

lettucewoman wrote:

goats? sheep ?

if you employ them on a casual basis you are not liable for anything - they are.

Ohhhh! Not true.

The situation as described is not casual work in the sense of being exempt from the paye requirements. The position described is clearly employment.

"Casual work" means one off employment. ie one day with no commitment beyond that.

There used to be an exemption for "Harvest Workers" where the total employment is less than two weeks - dont know if that still applies.

The Tax & NI system has clamped down on casual/temp workers - PAYE should be operated in almost all cases. The employer is liable for unpaid tax &ni. This is why most IT contractors set up ltd companies, that makes employment a business arrangement rather than employment.

The HMCRE will be round to see you later.

Windymiller

Joined: 02 Apr 2006
Posts: 550
Location: West Wales

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 07 10:19 pm Post subject:
If you are still looking for a grass-cutting assistant, I can send my son around. He is 22, strong, has own transport, is looking for work before college starts again, and he lives a mere few miles away from you.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 07 9:10 am Post subject:

Windymiller wrote:

If you are still looking for a grass-cutting assistant, I can send my son around. He is 22, strong, has own transport, is looking for work before college starts again, and he lives a mere few miles away from you.

Hi WM...that sounds great. Could you PM me your phone number please? I know we've prolly got it somewhere amongst our mountain of paperwork, but I can't find it. What's his name? What's he studying at the moment (not that that has any bearing at all...)

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 07 1:41 pm Post subject:

Windymiller wrote:

Well, Windymiller Junior (Gervase has suggested we call him Breezy) has started working for me and turned out to be an absolute trooper! He set to on my list of jobs with enthusiasm and gusto and is coming back again for a couple of days this week - so I can't be that dreadful to work for

And I am smiling again...

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 07 1:47 pm Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Well, Windymiller Junior (Gervase has suggested we call him Breezy) has started working for me and turned out to be an absolute trooper!

Gusty would be better - if he's a big strong lad, Breezy doesn't seem to fit

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 07 1:49 pm Post subject:

Penny wrote:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Well, Windymiller Junior (Gervase has suggested we call him Breezy) has started working for me and turned out to be an absolute trooper!

Gusty would be better - if he's a big strong lad, Breezy doesn't seem to fit

Yup - I like that!

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 07 6:57 pm Post subject:

cab wrote:

It occurs to me that if cutting the grass takes four hours, you've got too much grass. Get pigs.

Cab's thought process is getting there. As far as I am aware, it is a universal fact that people who do gardens (1) know absolutely nothing about gardening and (2) are always unreliable. M.J., your suggestion of employing someone isn't a solution, it is an additional problem. The grass would continue to grow, the person would either make it look worse or not turn up.

(IMHO) a bottle of Shiraz and a long cogitate are called for. Then redisign that part of the garden for low maintenance, e.g. chicken ark, wildlife garden, concrete.

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 07 6:59 pm Post subject:
Oh yeah, forgot, if its not part of the farm, pedigree, rarebreed pet pigs.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 07 7:16 am Post subject:

oldish chris wrote:

cab wrote:

It occurs to me that if cutting the grass takes four hours, you've got too much grass. Get pigs.

Well gosh, thanks for that OC. According to your (no doubt impeccable) reasoning, a) I know nothing about gardening; b) the very nice young man who is working for me is utterly unreliable and is going to ruin my garden; c) I have made additional problems for myself; d) I urgently need to completely re-design my garden by filling it with concrete.

And you managed to come up with solutions from your armchair, never having seen our garden, not knowing what we have achieved so far and not being aware of any of our plans?

That's truly amazing. I prostrate myself at your feet...

lettucewoman

Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 07 7:52 am Post subject:

just found this on the web.....it wasn't you was it MJ????

At least one man or woman needed to do some casual work in grounds of farmhouse in area of outstanding natural beauty 30 mins from Charing Cross station...clearing brambles from shrubberies, emptying hay barn, gardening depending on skill level....board and lodging included and to die for on their own, even before getting paid! Maybe some farm work too, repairs, spraying, if you're getting on well. Perhaps a spot of painting if it happened to rain. A good old tidy up. How many days? i dunno, maybe 3 or 4 person days. The more useful you are the more jobs I'll find. Its a cool place to be. I reckon if you get collected from station, put up in a listed 1585 house and fed plenty of rare breed meat and real eggs, then a traveller could do a good days work for £40. Bring your boyfriend or walk up to the safa pub and try to score there. I just want some people who aren't a nuisance and sort out those things I never do.

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 07 8:12 am Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

Mornin' M-J

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 07 8:18 am Post subject:

oldish chris wrote:

cab wrote:

It occurs to me that if cutting the grass takes four hours, you've got too much grass. Get pigs.

May I just say that, speaking as a recently retired PROFESSIONAL gardener/designer, that's a lot of cr*p, Chris?

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 07 8:20 am Post subject:

Mary-Jane wrote:

That's truly amazing. I prostrate myself at your feet...

Thats her told then. Well done Chris

The wildlife garden sounds fun though, don't you think? Sounds like you have loads of room, is that a possibility (might be more fun for the lad too, and might leave you with less maintenance in the long run).

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Mon Aug 13, 07 8:22 am Post subject:

cab wrote:

Mary-Jane wrote:

That's truly amazing. I prostrate myself at your feet...

Thats her told then. Well done Chris

Having re-read the title of the thread, you're a very brave man, Cab.

But I like the idea of a wildlife garden too....

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