New Guideline Hourly Rates?

I note the suggestion that trainee solicitors could be paid as little as £2.60 an hour in their first year under an amendment to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposals for ending the minimum wage.

Presumably we can then expect a corresponding decrease in Guideline Hourly Rates for trainee solicitors to, say, £10 per hour. This should still give firms a reasonable profit margin. Obviously Guideline Rates ranging from £90-138 would be totally unsustainable with pay rates of £2.60 per hour.


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3 thoughts on “New Guideline Hourly Rates?”

  1. Surely, if this idea has an sort of merit as all, it would be calculated down rather than up e.g.

    Guideline Rate [MINUS] Difference between average hourly pay and actual pay

    As opposed to:

    Guideline Rate [DIVIDED BY] Average Pay = FACTOR

    Actual Pay [MULTIPLIED BY] FACTOR = Charge Rate

    Particularly given that actual salary, as first poster says, have no real relation to rate.

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    In reality, market forces will effect what salary can be negotiated.

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