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"INSUFFICIENT STAFF TO SUPPORT ANY INCREASE IN
HORSE POPULATION:"
Rupert Arnold: “We have to find a way of attracting
more young people.”
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Rupert Arnold writes:
“THERE were some interesting and
perfectly fair points raised by National Trainers Federation chief executive
Rupert Arnold in his letter (July 17) responding to the issues raised in this column last week about
stable staff pay. In some ways comments merely served to highlight the deeply
unsatisfactory nature of the current situation.
“Arnold points out £322 represents not
the average but the minimum weekly wage for a senior rider/groom based outside
Newmarket. He also states there are higher minimum rates depending on the grade
of employee, although the next rise in grade only actually produces an increase
of £7.61 a week. What was not said is there are also lower minimum rates
depending on the specific groom’s grade.
“Importantly, though, it is the minimum
rates that are the truly relevant ones as these are the only figures in the public
domain. As such, they are the only figures that can be reasonably and fairly
used when efforts are made to bring young, skilled individuals into an industry
that badly needs them.
“A potential recruit has to be told
what he or she can be guaranteed to earn, not what might possibly be earned.
Furthermore, only when senior status has been achieved can that person be
certain of receiving the agreed minimum of £322 a week, which represents a
low-pay worker amount of £7.58 per hour. Given those potential recruits will
likely be taking on a job in which they get no more than one clear day off per
fortnight not exactly the norm in most
industries – this might appear to be something of a hard sell.
“Arnold is correct when he states: We
have to find a way of attracting young people to work in yards to look after a
horse population that the industry has ambitions to grow. “ into oblivion
“Therein lies an enormous problem for
racing. There is already a major staff crisis. The industry is suffering from a
shortage of yard workers and many of those we do have are not being paid
anywhere near as much as they deserve. In such difficult circumstances, how can
we possibly hope to manage the 1,000 extra horses in training by 2020 that are
a key target in British racing’s strategy for growth?
“When it comes to finding sufficient
skilled people who might be paid sums commensurate with their talent and
commitment ,the target of finding those 1,000 extra horses looks not only
ambitious, but perhaps also a little dangerous. "
‘Imbursements’ based on economic realities.
Racing Post Letters Friday July 17 page 13:
“I WRITE with a few comments on Lee
Mottershead’s item on stable staff pay in his column (July 13).
“It is also worth pointing out that
these are basic rates, so do not include benefits such as prize-money
percentages or free or subsidised accommodation. There is also a higher minimum
rate for the skilled rider/specialist yard person scale.”
“Second
it is a mistake to suggest the “financial imbursements” to stable staff are
based on outmoded traditions. The truth is they are based on the economic
realities of running a training business.
“Most
trainers are finding it increasingly difficult to ensure there is more money coming
in to their business than there is going out. In such a labour intensive operation,
it is inevitable wages make up a large proportion of total costs.
“Lee
has hit on the conundrum facing trainers (and the sport as a whole).
Successful, well-resourced stables supported by major owner are accelerating away from the
field.
“It
is more and more difficult for other trainers, even if the middle ground, to
compete. They dare not increase their training fees to a realistic level for
fear of adding to the exodus of owners leaving the sport. Yet they don’t see
enough income from other sources to be in a position to offer higher rewards to
stable staff.
“At
the same time, we have to find a way, of attracting young people to work in
yards to look after a horse population that the industry has ambitions to “more
prize-money” , until the sport-changes in that area, the NTF, NASS, BHA and
other organisations in racing are committed to looking at the wider picture of recruitment, training, education and welfare to attract and retain the key workers in our sport. "
Rupert
Arnold
Chief
Executive
National
Trainers Federation.
Living wage or dead-end?
I
SEE George Osborne plans to increase the minimum wage hourly rate from £6.50 to
£7.20 in October and rename it a “Living Wage”.
“As
a living wage is currently reckoned to be about £500 per week, this means one
must work 70 hours per week at £7.20 per hour to get George’s living wage,
which probably explains why the government wants to try to wriggle out of the
EU’s working hours regulations.
“It
is, as Lee Mottershead outlines (July 13), decades of low pay, poor conditions
and prospects that have led to racing’s current skilled staff shortage.
Andrew
Appleby
Newmarket.
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