RAT 5 you do it by not paying a basic salary, by employing your employee via an intermediate company (offshore if necessary), paying only by the sector and working on the basis that eventually the total payments can be claimed to exceed the legal annual minimum. Of course, this example does not apply to everyone. It applys to some permanently (increasingly the case for cabin crew) and for others it only applies for a limited period. Some people (the majority?) only discover such "rules" or "practices" AFTER they join. Which is why this forum is good for alerting people as to the questions they should ask before they commit themselves to Ryanair.