(09 Mar 2015, 7:34 pm)aureolin wrote I'm assuming it's in reference to 'low cost units'. The low cost being pay the staff less than their colleagues, in order to make a profit from public tenders. It's not right, and it should never happen anywhere that pay scales are in operation. I'm not denying that it does happen, and that it happens elsewhere too, but that's ultimately up to the workers.
I know of unionised companies split into as many as 5 legal entities, and everyone is on the same set of pay scales. Regardless of what work they're allocated to.
Why is it not right? The alternative is to pay higher wages and lose the work to a competitor. Everyone is paid at least the minimum wage, and no-one is forced to work there.