Ive been sacked

bignred05

McKneff wrote: »

You will get a lot more help and guidance if you start a thread of your own. Sorry

Will do, Thanks

wantsajob

bignred05 wrote: »

Will do, Thanks

Simple answer is if you work full time for minimum wage or more, she's highly unlikely to be entitled to benefits. Do make sure to take advantage of tax credits as a couple though, if eligible.

Hammyman

wantsajob wrote: »

Well my local Tesco got rid of lots of employees, for only a month later to be seeking Work Fare recruits via the local Job Centre. So it does obviously go on.

Considering we're coming up to the Xmas period, they would have taken on more staff regardless of whether or not they laid people off a month earlier.

mildred1978

wantsajob wrote: »

Well my local Tesco got rid of lots of employees, for only a month later to be seeking Work Fare recruits via the local Job Centre. So it does obviously go on.

At Tesco? That shining pillar of ethics? :rotfl:

wantsajob

Hammyman wrote: »

Considering we're coming up to the Xmas period, they would have taken on more staff regardless of whether or not they laid people off a month earlier.

This was a couple of months ago. They've effectively laid people off and replaced them with unpaid labour. If people have already been laid off there is clearly no possibility of those being taken on at £0 per hour being taken on long term. If they want employees for Christmas they should be paying, not taking on free slave labour to fill a gap just because it's available to them.

Suppose there'll always be people rushing to defend unethical business practices, and exploitation of existing employees, the unemployed, and the tax payer (who effectively pays someone's wages while they work for a multi-million business).

DebiT

wantsajob wrote: »

This was a couple of months ago. They've effectively laid people off and replaced them with unpaid labour. If people have already been laid off there is clearly no possibility of those being taken on at £0 per hour being taken on long term. If they want employees for Christmas they should be paying, not taking on free slave labour to fill a gap just because it's available to them.

Suppose there'll always be people rushing to defend unethical business practices, and exploitation of existing employees, the unemployed, and the tax payer (who effectively pays someone's wages while they work for a multi-million business).

Especially on here.

geoffky

WE will be seeing more of this and the companys concerned need to be named and shamed....pure scum...

Hammyman

wantsajob wrote: »

This was a couple of months ago. They've effectively laid people off and replaced them with unpaid labour. If people have already been laid off there is clearly no possibility of those being taken on at £0 per hour being taken on long term. If they want employees for Christmas they should be paying, not taking on free slave labour to fill a gap just because it's available to them.

Suppose there'll always be people rushing to defend unethical business practices, and exploitation of existing employees, the unemployed, and the tax payer (who effectively pays someone's wages while they work for a multi-million business).

You act like you're surprised and this is something new. It is no different than they used to do with people on YTS in the 1980's...

dandelionclock30

People may be surprised because its so disgraceful, because its been done before and done in the USA ( workfare not working at Tesco) doesnt make it acceptable or less shocking.

I really stuggle to understand that anybody thinks its o.k working at a supermarket for dole money.The greedy b******S should pay at least the NMW especially when they are making billions in profits.

lincroft1710

It's nothing new as a similar if not the same scheme was operating nearly 10 years ago. Companies would take somebody on for 6 weeks or so, they would get money equivalent to benefit entitlement. But no proper paying job was available at end of the 6 week period. It wasn't just large well known employers who participated either.