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Greggs Bonus Fiasco
Greggs workers awarded a £300 bonus but those on universal credit only allowed to keep £75 of it.
Is this fair?
Is this fair?
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This is getting silly, Nailit. Who mentioned shooting them or anything even close to it.
It would be nice if everyone including pensioners, and all unemployed, as well as those in work, could get a top up but someone has to pay for it, so there have to be points at which the top up is stopped/scaled back/ not made available
It would be nice if everyone including pensioners, and all unemployed, as well as those in work, could get a top up but someone has to pay for it, so there have to be points at which the top up is stopped/scaled back/ not made available
UC claimants are allowed to earn a certain amount before the earnings above that affect their entitlement.
That means if they already exceed the allowed amount, any bonus paid in a lump sum OR in stages, would affect their entitlement.
In fact, if the bonus is a large large enough, it may be better to receive the lump sum since a portion of it may be enough to reduce the entitlement to zero. If paid in stages, the whole amount would have an effect over the months to come.
That means if they already exceed the allowed amount, any bonus paid in a lump sum OR in stages, would affect their entitlement.
In fact, if the bonus is a large large enough, it may be better to receive the lump sum since a portion of it may be enough to reduce the entitlement to zero. If paid in stages, the whole amount would have an effect over the months to come.
Universal Credit is a big political con paid for by the taxpayer.
The Government win by claiming record employment.
Supermarket chains such as Greggs win by having a huge flexible workforce.
The losers are the employees who only get low hour contracts usually 12-15 hours a week. They cannot live on that few hours so they get their wage topped up by the tax payer by claiming taxpayer funded benefits.
Last year subsidising supermarket workers cost us taxpayers £11 billion in benefits.
Rather than benefits going down, more people than ever are claiming them.
Because people working are earning less than £12,500 they are paying no income tax so tax yields are reduced.
(I know someone who worked 15 hours extra over Christmas and New Year and came out with less money. That clearly is wrong).
The Government win by claiming record employment.
Supermarket chains such as Greggs win by having a huge flexible workforce.
The losers are the employees who only get low hour contracts usually 12-15 hours a week. They cannot live on that few hours so they get their wage topped up by the tax payer by claiming taxpayer funded benefits.
Last year subsidising supermarket workers cost us taxpayers £11 billion in benefits.
Rather than benefits going down, more people than ever are claiming them.
Because people working are earning less than £12,500 they are paying no income tax so tax yields are reduced.
(I know someone who worked 15 hours extra over Christmas and New Year and came out with less money. That clearly is wrong).
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Having to claim benefits is a time consuming and dispiriting experience.
Having a job and still having to go through that experience is doubly disheartening.
No one wants a 14 hour/week contract, they would sooner work 28-32hours and not have to waste such much of their time claiming additional money in benefits.
Having to claim benefits is a time consuming and dispiriting experience.
Having a job and still having to go through that experience is doubly disheartening.
No one wants a 14 hour/week contract, they would sooner work 28-32hours and not have to waste such much of their time claiming additional money in benefits.
If your income is below a curtain amount the government tops that up. Personally I think they spend too much of my taxes on it but that’s life.
If, for whatever reason, you get paid more then the top up is reduced. What is so difficult to understand?
Life is neither equal or fare and if you want to give your family a bit extra then do it yourself.
If, for whatever reason, you get paid more then the top up is reduced. What is so difficult to understand?
Life is neither equal or fare and if you want to give your family a bit extra then do it yourself.
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