Re: TESCO! : Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:22 pm  

Dally wrote:

A Russian lady came and worked for us for free because she was bored sitting at home. She would even turn up unannounced and come and ask to do work. In return we offered gave her leads to work on a self-employed basis for one or two of our clients. She has now taken on other work and is working more of less full-time on a self-employed basis.

I hope you checked her visa

Re: TESCO! : Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:34 pm  

Dally wrote:

Not checked whether the figures are right, but this email came to me. If true, a bigger scandal than work experience:




Dear Prime Minister The RT. Hon. David Cameron, MP.

I wish to ask you a Question:- "Is This True?"

I refer to the Pension Reality Check.

Are you aware of the following ?

The British Government provides the following financial assistance:-


BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER
(bearing in mind they worked hard and paid their Income Tax and
National Insurance contributions to the British Government all their
working life)

Weekly allowance: £106.00?

IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES LIVING IN BRITAIN
(No Income Tax and National Insurance contribution whatsoever)

Weekly allowance: £250.00


BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER
Weekly Spouse Allowance: £25.00?


ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES LIVING IN BRITAIN
Weekly Spouse Allowance: £225.00


BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER
Additional Weekly Hardship Allowance: £0.00?

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES LIVING IN BRITAIN
Additional Weekly Hardship Allowance: £100.00


A British old age pensioner is no less hard up than an illegal
immigrant/refugee yet receives nothing

BRITISH OLD AGED PENSIONER
TOTAL YEARLY BENEFIT £6,000?

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES LIVING IN BRITAIN
TOTAL YEARLY BENEFIT: £29,900

Please read all and then forward to all your contacts so that we can
lobby for a decent state pension.

After all, the average pensioner has paid taxes and contributed to the
growth of this country for the last 40 to 60 years.

Sad isn't it? Surely it's about time we put our own people first.

Please have the guts to forward this.

I JUST DID!

Did that email originate in a tanning shop in Luton?

Re: TESCO! : Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:45 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

I hope you checked her visa

I ticked the box!

Re: TESCO! : Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:10 pm  

Dally wrote:

I ticked the box!

Re: TESCO! : Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:38 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

Giving young people a chance to put at least something on their CV, whatever next...

Taking away honest workers overtime so they can pay folks nothing until the bad PR got unbelivable and they were forced to change tac, Whatever next...

Re: TESCO! : Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:40 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

I trust that extra profits Tesco etc make from this will be passed to the Exchequer in the form of increased taxes

TBH I would be happy if the just paid all the normal taxes they owe.

Re: TESCO! : Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:38 pm  

Anakin Skywalker wrote:

Taking away honest workers overtime so they can pay folks nothing until the bad PR got unbelivable and they were forced to change tac, Whatever next...

You make it sound like overtime is some sort of right.

Re: TESCO! : Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:48 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

You make it sound like overtime is some sort of right.

A living wage should be

[Kosh]

Re: TESCO! : Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:53 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

You make it sound like overtime is some sort of right.

I'm not sure how widely this was repeated nationwide, but our local Tesco used this free labour instead of hiring the usual extra staff over the Xmas period. So in this case at least it cost actual jobs rather than overtime for existing staff. A double loss for the taxpayer.

Re: TESCO! : Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:51 pm  

Kosh wrote:

I'm not sure how widely this was repeated nationwide, but our local Tesco used this free labour instead of hiring the usual extra staff over the Xmas period. So in this case at least it cost actual jobs rather than overtime for existing staff. A double loss for the taxpayer.

I must admit I am strongly against anyone being forced to work in order to claim their benefits, and to be perfectly honest I don't really agree with this scheme either, but I can see the positives of it whereas others only see negatives. Having rafts of temporary staff in and out of work does no more for the taxpayer than improving the employability of the long term unemployed.