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WHY IS THERE SUCH A SHORTAGE OF LABOUR IN EVERY INDUSTRY IN THIS COUNTRY?
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<blockquote data-quote="Goweresque" data-source="post: 7612360" data-attributes="member: 818"><p>This is the reason, the tax credit/universal credit system. If you have children especially, there is a fixed level of income the system decrees that your needs entitle you to, and if you are 'unable' to earn that level of income they will give you the different between what you earn and what they consider you 'need' to live. Ergo for many people the rational thing to do is work part time and let the tax payer work for you for the rest of the week. Thereby gaining a huge amount of free leisure time. There is also no incentive to up skill and do more responsible work, because the system pays you the same if you work 20 hours at minimum wage or 20 hours at a higher rate. Unless your 40 hour week rate can be significantly higher than the universal credit deemed income you are trapped. And for people with kids it would take a very good job to match the income the benefit system says you are entitled to. </p><p></p><p>The only fly in the ointment is that there is a requirement to be looking for work and working as much as possible, and there are 'job coaches' who will be badgering people to go for interviews and take jobs that are available, and can remove entitlement to benefits if a person refuses. But in practical terms if you do 2-3 days a week they will leave you alone. Hence why everyone wants part time hours of the most simple jobs possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goweresque, post: 7612360, member: 818"] This is the reason, the tax credit/universal credit system. If you have children especially, there is a fixed level of income the system decrees that your needs entitle you to, and if you are 'unable' to earn that level of income they will give you the different between what you earn and what they consider you 'need' to live. Ergo for many people the rational thing to do is work part time and let the tax payer work for you for the rest of the week. Thereby gaining a huge amount of free leisure time. There is also no incentive to up skill and do more responsible work, because the system pays you the same if you work 20 hours at minimum wage or 20 hours at a higher rate. Unless your 40 hour week rate can be significantly higher than the universal credit deemed income you are trapped. And for people with kids it would take a very good job to match the income the benefit system says you are entitled to. The only fly in the ointment is that there is a requirement to be looking for work and working as much as possible, and there are 'job coaches' who will be badgering people to go for interviews and take jobs that are available, and can remove entitlement to benefits if a person refuses. But in practical terms if you do 2-3 days a week they will leave you alone. Hence why everyone wants part time hours of the most simple jobs possible. [/QUOTE]
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