6th November 2012, 09:11 AM
(This post was last modified: 6th November 2012, 09:26 AM by kevin wooldridge.)
chiz Wrote:Wax, comparing wages to freelance day rates is rather difficult but the DF is pushing for the IfA to publish a ballpark minima figure for freelance to compare to the minima for employees.
At which point those of us that choose for whatever reason to freelance at rates below an IfA minima fall foul of the code of conduct.... I'm not sure that is a positive move!!
In my own case I choose of my own volition to work freelance for a certain amount of my time at a very low rate of remuneration. Sometimes even for free!! Why would the DF seek to make an example of me (essentially a good guy, IfA member for 26 years, trade unionist for nearly 40 years, unreconstructed hippy, socialist, drunk etc etc), whilst having no effect whatsoever on those who subscribe neither to the IfA nor the struggle for better conditions for archaeologists in general......and additionally a 'regulation' that is virtually impossible to monitor. Not good!!
To my mind another example of why IfA should steer well clear of these matters!!
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