We have to send out a clear message across both the welfare and pension systems - you will be better off in
work than on benefits, and you will be better off in retirement if you save.
«Universal credit will also provide clear incentives for people to get back into work — by ensuring they know they are better off in
work than on benefits and will directly lift 900,000 people out of poverty.»
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has faced criticism after scaling back a pilot scheme for his flagship universal credit - which will merge dozens of different out - of - work benefits into a single payment with the aim of ensuring an individual is always better off in
work than on benefit.
Not exact matches
The TUC said those employed in the gig economy are also likely to earn significantly less
than their counterparts, meaning they are more likely to depend
on in -
work benefits, including tax credits and housing
benefit.
The
benefit that your ex-spouse is entitled to receive based
on their own
work is less
than the
benefit they would receive based
on your
work; and
There are certainly no obvious hazards of the kind that are commonplace
on construction sites or in factories, and many office workers enjoy the
benefits of rigid
working days, rather
than having their body clocks thrown by changing shift patterns.
I read all the related articles months ago deciding whether it was something that could
work for me, and wasn't convinced — possibly because it seemed more US focused particularly
on healthcare
benefits (which is not covered by employers here in Oz), but also just couldn't envisage any scenario where my firm would want to let me go (perhaps I think I'm more valuable
than I really am??)
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The national income accounts initially were designed by statisticians, but now they're designed by lobbyists, and the lobbyists
work in Congress to say here's how we want to depict the economy as if it's actually
benefiting the voters instead of specifically
benefiting the FIRE sector — Finance, Insurance and Real Estate — which depicts itself as contributing to growth rather
than being a parasite
on growth, as I've described in Killing the Host.
Here is the bottom line as far as I can see: IF you are self - employed when filing for early retirement, and *** if,
on your application, you are asked how many hours you
work *** (and I would like to hear from anybody here who has actually filed for
benefits before their Full Retirement Age) and IF you
work more
than the allowable hours to be considered «retired» (again, I believe it's no more
than 45 for most people but no more
than 15 if you
work at an occupation requiring a «specific skill» or own a large business),
@ total non sense Perhaps we're splitting hairs here, but I was trying to be kind by implying that rather
than treating religiosity as a mental disability, for which the supposedly clinically sick can receive insurance
benefits and evade personal actionable responsibility by claiming illness, it would be better to treat religiosity as a societal functional disorder which can be addressed through better education and a perceptional shift towards accepting scientific explanations for how the world
works rather
than relying
on literal interpretations of ancient bronze age mythologies and their many derivations since.
If the Republicans want to make gains among the
working and middle - classes of all colors and ethnicities, they need to focus
on a program that offers more
than just the supposed indirect
benefits of cutting taxes
on «job creators.»
«No other delivery partner in South Australia can
work with the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder
on how to best deliver cultural water
than benefits the environment.»
«It made me more determined
than ever to
work on my game and improve,» wrote Woods, who will serve as host of the Genesis Open, which
benefits his foundation.
The 28 - year - old
benefited from
working alongside a strong, reassuring figure, able to concentrate
on his own game rather
than over complicate the task at hand while Van Dijk organised and bellowed instructions to the rest of the team.
I often wonder what a huge
benefit I could have been to society had I had good parenting rather
than having to give up
work periodically, leading to a broken career path and relationships and periods
on sickness
benefit.
If however, your child becomes more upset (crying, clinging, having trouble sleeping, or sleeping independently) when you try to discuss or
work on the fear, or the fear and avoidance seems to be intensifying or even spreading to other situations, then this may be more
than a phase and you and / or your child may
benefit from professional consultation with a child anxiety expert.
People
on benefits shouldn't have more to live
on than someone who is at
work for 40 hours a week.
From the couple told they'll get more
benefits if they live apart, to those who knew they could earn more by signing
on than by going out to
work...
[325] The SNP has also criticised Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow secretary of state for
work and pensions, for saying [326] a future UK Labour government would be even tougher
on benefits than the Cameron ministry.
Those voters seem much less likely
than swing voters in the south of England to be attracted to spending - cap politics, and predictably the «Yes» camp has already seized the opportunity to remind those swing Scottish voters in no uncertain terms about the extent of spending cuts (heavily directed
on benefits to the
working poor and unemployed) that staying in the UK might be expected to entail if George Osborne's plans were implemented.
For example, and speaking from experience, if an individual
works full - time and yet, at the end of the month, is only marginally better - off (if at all)
than another individual who remains
on state -
benefits for years at a time, then how is this any more just (or why should one feel any less angry)
than the apparent unfairness of the unearned wealth of the rich?
Nick, «But your complaint was that it was unfair for someone who
worked to earn only marginally more
than someone
on state
benefits.»
A feature of UC which Duncan Smith hopes will acquaint those
on benefits more with the world of
work is that people will receive
benefits monthly rather
than fortnightly.
The
Work and Pensions Secretary said that the planned universal
benefits system would be means - tested
on household income, rather
than individual earnings, to iron out the anomalies in Mr Osborne's plan.
Want to
work and get out of the poverty trap - rather
than stay
on benefits?
Looking specifically at people who moved over from Incapacity
Benefit following an assessment, fewer
than four per cent of people have found sustained
work after two years on the Work Progra
work after two years
on the
Work Progra
Work Programme.
It may shock many readers to learn that more
than # 13 billion of taxpayer's money is spent
on sickness and incapacity
benefits for people of
working age, as pointed out by minister for disabled people Mike Penning this week.
Of course, the vast majority of people
on benefits want more
than anything else to be in
work and are doing all they can to get
work.
«People in this category tend to be even more vulnerable
than people
on lower incomes in a way, because they don't have the stabilising effects
on their income of
benefits et cetera — they are wholly reliant
on the income that is generated through their
work.»
«In reality, we are just restoring the original principles of the welfare state: that those who can
work must
work, and a life
on benefits must not be more attractive
than working.»
The theoretical aim, for which there was general support across the political spectrum, was to simplify the
benefits system and increase the incentives for people to
work, rather
than stay
on benefits.
The new system will carry a guarantee that anyone taking a job will be better off
than if they were
on the dole, with claimants allowed to keep more of their
benefits when they enter
work or increase their hours.
With no deal yet
on the table, Mr Osborne last week revealed that the welfare bill will be cut by another # 4 billion
on top of # 16 billion of savings already announced as he seeks to limit the «lifestyle choices» of those who prefer to stay at home
on benefit rather
than work.
«Our reforms will put an end to people being left
on sickness
benefits year after year; they will eradicate the trap that has left so many better off
on benefits than in
work; and they will ensure the
benefits bill is sustainable over the longer term... I am proud of this record.
Women are also more likely to be in lower - paid jobs
than men and therefore more dependent
on in -
work benefits.
A household which has its
working hours reduced, for instance, or is forced to rely
on one income rather
than two, could
benefit from the fund.
And then there is the much bigger rump that could not get access to good schools (down under Labour), good apprenticeships / sponsoring companies, also down under Labour and lastly betrayed by a Labour Govt that seems to think spending vast amounts of money
on snooping campaigns to catch
benefit cheats is a better investment
than educating and reskilling the un-employed, who
on going out to do the jobs that must be done find themselves up against foreign labour sometimes willing to
work the most brutal conditions (and maybe less
than min wage because it is still better
than home).
He feels that rather
than having a caucus based
on political parties, he will
work with a «suburban caucus» of Assembly members dealing with issues to
benefit areas like Long Island.
The Lib Dems were also pleased to have fought off proposals to uprate out - of -
work benefits by less
than September's 5.2 % rate of inflation
on the CPI measure.
They are more akin to
benefits, and indeed there is a direct link between how public sector pensions and
benefits are uprated with inflation, that people become entitled to by
working in the public sector
than the sort of claim someone has
on a private sector pension fund.
The current government's focus is
on getting people into
work rather
than increasing
benefits, however.
The shift is designed to ensure that no one is better off unemployed and
on benefits rather
than in
work.
One area where the report suggests the government has been successful is in making life
on benefits harder
than for those in
work.
More
than two dozen
works of art ferried to and from (as well as created
on) the International Space Station went
on exhibit to
benefit learning centers inspired by space shuttle Challenger
The fear is that the English system — which was introduced in 1870 in order to get women back into
work, rather
than on the basis of any educational
benefit to children — is now causing profound damage.
Prism is a sodium - cooled fast neutron reactor design built
on more
than 30 years of development
work,
benefitting from the operating experience of the EBR - II prototype integral fast reactor which operated at the USA's Idaho National Laboratory — formerly Argonne National Laboratory — from 1963 to 1994.
One of the striking differences in outcome between our studies and
work on oligodendrocyte and oligodendrocyte - precursor replacement lies in the finding that differentiation of precursor cells into a specific astrocyte subtype prior to transplantation provides a much greater level of
benefit than transplantation of the precursor cells themselves.
The
work that garnered the honor, «An analysis of the risk and
benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy among patients undergoing surgery for non-small cell lung cancer,» examined data from more
than 134,000 patients in the National Cancer Database to assess the impact of neoadjuvant therapy
on perioperative outcomes, as well as long - term survival.
To enable maximum tension
on the targeted muscle, you need to make sure that your pecs are doing the majority of
work during every single rep. Dumbbells have the ability to place slightly more tension
on the chest muscles
than a barbell and they also keep the muscles under tension for longer because of the greater range of motion, so consider incorporating dumbbell presses to your chest routine to reap this
benefit and exhaust your pecs more thoroughly.