Irish Employment Infringement
Posted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 3:02 amAn elderly Irish farmer, Paddy McCoy received a letter from the Department for Work & Pensions stating that they suspected he was not paying his employees the statutory minimum wage and they then sent an inspector to interview them.
"Tell me about your staff," he asked Paddy.
"Well, there's the farm hand, I pay him £240 a week, and he has a free cottage. Then there's the housekeeper. She gets £190 a week, along with free board and lodging. There's also the half-wit. He works a 16 hour day, does 90% of the work, earns about £25 a week along with a bottle of whisky and, as a special treat, occasionally gets to sleep with my wife."
"That's disgraceful!" exclaimed the inspector, "I need to interview the half-wit!"
"Well," said Paddy, "You are."
"Tell me about your staff," he asked Paddy.
"Well, there's the farm hand, I pay him £240 a week, and he has a free cottage. Then there's the housekeeper. She gets £190 a week, along with free board and lodging. There's also the half-wit. He works a 16 hour day, does 90% of the work, earns about £25 a week along with a bottle of whisky and, as a special treat, occasionally gets to sleep with my wife."
"That's disgraceful!" exclaimed the inspector, "I need to interview the half-wit!"
"Well," said Paddy, "You are."