Reducing working hours

pizzle84

Thankyou everyone for your great help! i came here for some advice and clarification on something that i didn't know alot about but instead iv realised that there isn't any help here just arrogant people who want to make you feel even worse about your situation just because you asked an innocent question. Thanks again, you can all give yourself a big pat on the back.
p.s just incase i now decide to leave work completely thanks for the money

zppp

I suggest you may want to have a look at this link where I have placed a response.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2824492

kingfisherblue

pizzle84 wrote: »

Thankyou everyone for your great help! i came here for some advice and clarification on something that i didn't know alot about but instead iv realised that there isn't any help here just arrogant people who want to make you feel even worse about your situation just because you asked an innocent question. Thanks again, you can all give yourself a big pat on the back.
p.s just incase i now decide to leave work completely thanks for the money

If your husband is working fifty hours a week, you could find that you are not able to get any additional benefits if you leave work completely. His income may be too high for you to claim anything.

FBaby

People are upset because you are expecting tax payers to pay for a choice that ALL of us would make if we could. Why would some work full-time and pay high taxes to allow others like you to have a less stressful life and improve your chances of a better career?

You might not be feeling well at the moment, but that's like many of us, going through the threat of redundancies, increased workloads because of it, stress and depression because of the state of the economy. Do you expect tax payers to pay for your child to continue to go to childcare whilst you do all this? I am a single mum of two working full-time with no support from family. A few years back, going through another reconfiguration, I was at my lowest, exhausted and desperate for a change. I decided to retrain, so applied for a master's degree.....which I studied for in the evenings and week-ends whilst I continue to work full-time. Why should I be subsidising for you to reduce your hours so you can do it in leisure time when I had to work so hard to do it?

I undestand your frustration and your desperation to have it easier, but the way you want to go about it just isn't right and that is why you are getting such negative responses.

dave030445

pizzle84 wrote: »

That is the reason my gp wants to sign me off, thats not why i want to leave work.

thought you said you didnt want to leave work just less hours sort out what you want then come back.then maybe someone will help.

Jowo_2

You can model the impact to your household income if you reduce your hours by putting the current and future scenarios through the Turn2us online benefit calculator.

quantic

I am thinking of reducing my hours so that I can play more Call of Duty, do you guys know if there is any benefits that I can get to subsidise my wage?

Jowo_2

quantic wrote: »

I am thinking of reducing my hours so that I can play more Call of Duty, do you guys know if there is any benefits that I can get to subsidise my wage?

You may qualify for tax credits, council tax rebate and local housing allowance, depending on your income, if you rent, your age and if you have dependents.

The fact of the matter is that a person doesn't have to justify why the work part-time. For some, it's because its the only work they can find or they have domestic commitments or health issues that prevent them from working full time. For others, it's because of a lifestyle preference. The benefits system doesn't distinguish between this.

A lady earlier this year posted on this forum about the tax credits situation because she wanted to spend more time at home with her dog.

FBaby

Jowo wrote: »

The benefits system doesn't distinguish between this. .

But that's what upset most people. In one hand you have people who expect to get things for 'free', on the other, you have a system that encourages it wholeheartedly.

OrkneyStar

pizzle84 wrote: »

Thankyou everyone for your great help! i came here for some advice and clarification on something that i didn't know alot about but instead iv realised that there isn't any help here just arrogant people who want to make you feel even worse about your situation just because you asked an innocent question. Thanks again, you can all give yourself a big pat on the back.
p.s just incase i now decide to leave work completely thanks for the money

Get on entitledto to check benefit entitlement- need to know hubby's income, number of children, council tax, rent, mortgage etc.
I don't know enough about you to say how much you will get, but agree with the others that the wording of your post did sound a bit dodgy!
Anyway....