NPR

Line6 HXFX wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:59 am The sick and disabled are the real enemy within now, so much so that the right are going to really hole their boats and really force them to sink or swim.
So apparently if you cannot sit down for long or stand up for long in an office, because of excruciating chronic back pain, that puts you in bed for days...you can easily sit down or stand up comfortably in your home office, as people with debilitating and chronic back pain are brilliant, clear thinking employees that employers just love, and are cured of that chronic, exhausting excruciating pain.. by just locating the office desk and chair into their homes and being forced to sit at it for hours on end.
Hey, least if they are at home, you won't have to watch their torture and have the moral of the office affected by their tears.
Recently went to an interview and they behaved like I was the most disabled person they had ever seen and kept asking me why do I want to work (they didn't believe I could, and insinuated I really shouldn't with my condition, even though I kept telling them I have to)..
Not sure they got the memo.
Right wing hard done by crybaby taxpayer nonsense and magical thinking evaporates the second you walk into a Job Interview, and declare (you have to legally) you suffer from PTSD and Chronic Back pain.
They know I have it, I have the mri scans and consultant reports to prove it. But apparently having it doesn't mean shit now.
I deserve a living hell.

"Up to a million sickness and disability benefit claimants are to be ordered to seek work.

Unveiled by Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride tonight, the blitz is aimed at slashing the £26billion welfare budget."

Chilli wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 4:37 am If you are working from home, are you expected to work a 09h00 to 17h00 day? Or can you work "flexi hours" when you are not in pain or from bed?

dpedin wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:03 am

Line6 HXFX wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:59 am The sick and disabled are the real enemy within now, so much so that the right are going to really hole their boats and really force them to sink or swim.
So apparently if you cannot sit down for long or stand up for long in an office, because of excruciating chronic back pain, that puts you in bed for days...you can easily sit down or stand up comfortably in your home office, as people with debilitating and chronic back pain are brilliant, clear thinking employees that employers just love, and are cured of that chronic, exhausting excruciating pain.. by just locating the office desk and chair into their homes and being forced to sit at it for hours on end.
Hey, least if they are at home, you won't have to watch their torture and have the moral of the office affected by their tears.
Recently went to an interview and they behaved like I was the most disabled person they had ever seen and kept asking me why do I want to work (they didn't believe I could, and insinuated I really shouldn't with my condition, even though I kept telling them I have to)..
Not sure they got the memo.
Right wing hard done by crybaby taxpayer nonsense and magical thinking evaporates the second you walk into a Job Interview, and declare (you have to legally) you suffer from PTSD and Chronic Back pain.
They know I have it, I have the mri scans and consultant reports to prove it. But apparently having it doesn't mean shit now.
I deserve a living hell.

"Up to a million sickness and disability benefit claimants are to be ordered to seek work.

Unveiled by Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride tonight, the blitz is aimed at slashing the £26billion welfare budget."

Surely it would be easier to go after and reclaim the £36billion unpaid taxes due to non compliance in the country first? Or am I just being cynical?

Blackmac wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:12 am

dpedin wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:03 am

Line6 HXFX wrote: Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:59 am The sick and disabled are the real enemy within now, so much so that the right are going to really hole their boats and really force them to sink or swim.
So apparently if you cannot sit down for long or stand up for long in an office, because of excruciating chronic back pain, that puts you in bed for days...you can easily sit down or stand up comfortably in your home office, as people with debilitating and chronic back pain are brilliant, clear thinking employees that employers just love, and are cured of that chronic, exhausting excruciating pain.. by just locating the office desk and chair into their homes and being forced to sit at it for hours on end.
Hey, least if they are at home, you won't have to watch their torture and have the moral of the office affected by their tears.
Recently went to an interview and they behaved like I was the most disabled person they had ever seen and kept asking me why do I want to work (they didn't believe I could, and insinuated I really shouldn't with my condition, even though I kept telling them I have to)..
Not sure they got the memo.
Right wing hard done by crybaby taxpayer nonsense and magical thinking evaporates the second you walk into a Job Interview, and declare (you have to legally) you suffer from PTSD and Chronic Back pain.
They know I have it, I have the mri scans and consultant reports to prove it. But apparently having it doesn't mean shit now.
I deserve a living hell.

"Up to a million sickness and disability benefit claimants are to be ordered to seek work.

Unveiled by Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride tonight, the blitz is aimed at slashing the £26billion welfare budget."

Surely it would be easier to go after and reclaim the £36billion unpaid taxes due to non compliance in the country first? Or am I just being cynical?

My next door neighbour works for HMRC and says that Covid revealed the incredible level of tax avoidance through people suddenly making claims for Covid grants, bounce back loans that bore no relation to previous tax returns. She said that HMRC would have to triple in size just to stand a chance of looking at most of them.