Well Would You ?

[johnny.5]

a slight tangent on previous thread
would you travel upto an hour to work
then work 1 hour paid work
then travel 1 hour back home again
(for what looks like to me )
37p

[bookbinder]

Link?

[Mamyalynne]

From an earlier thread...

//How the tories assess unemployment is warped. If you work 1 hour a week they class you as employed.//

[johnny.5]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1682293.html

@13:04

[pixie374]

No.

[pixie374]

I was assuming that was the entire question, with nothing else to take into account.

[Gromit]

Working on hour entitles you to a whole range of benefits that is worth a lot more.
Minimum wage is £8.21/hour (and you won’t pay any tax).

Is there a stupid question amnesty today ?

[pixie374]

Yes, gromit x

[sherrardk]

You will pay tax if you earn over £12501. Also, if you get universal credit and your earnings drop below a certain level they deduct a chunk because you haven’t earned enough. You get to ‘keep’ 37p out of every pound and you are also encouraged to take jobs paying below the minimum wage.

[New Judge]

If you examine the entire thread - especially my answer at 14:39 - you will find that the question title is incorrect. It is not the Tories who are classifying people who work one hour as "employed". They are classified under a 37 year old international convention.

I doubt anybody working an hour a week would spend two hours travelling to and from it. But, as Gromit says, working less than 16 hours a week does open up a host of benefits not available to those not working at all.

[New Judge]

//… and you are also encouraged to take jobs paying below the minimum wage. //

What jobs legitimately pay less than the minimum wage?

[Gromit]

// if you get universal credit and your earnings drop below a certain level they deduct a chunk because you haven’t earned enough. You get to ‘keep’ 37p //

Total wrong You can earn £287 and any work after that is deducted by 63p in every pound extra you earn.

[Peter Pedant]

// I was assuming that was the entire question, with nothing else to take into account.//

oh dear dear this is AB ! er no I woulddnt....

[Gromit]

If you have a 10 hour a week job, then you can take another job for 1 hour, and it will not incur any deductions under universal credit.

[pixie374]

My mistake, pp... ;-). Nice to see you back xx

[sherrardk]

Gromit - sorry, missed off the £287 bit but if you earn below a certain amount (it’s about £570) then they deduct money because you aren’t fulfilling all of the criteria.

[johnny.5]

sorry i mis read a little you get to keep 37p x
25 and over £8.21
21 to 24 £7.70
18 to 20 £6.15
Under 18 £4.35
per hour
average commute time in uk 54 minutes

[johnny.5]

or how many minimum hours would you expect at any time for attending on your job day off say a Saturday ?

[Gromit]

// if you earn below a certain amount (it’s about £570) then they deduct money because you aren’t fulfilling all of the criteria. //

That is nonsense.

I am not a fan of Universal Credit, it is deeply flawed and unfair. But if you are going to attack it, please get your facts right.

[Gromit]

// attending on your job day off //

You really are clueless. If you are on minimum wage and working just one (ore a few hours) you will be on a flexible contract, and you will not have a set day off. In fact you are more likely to be working at the weekend.

[fiction-factory]

I sometimes choose only to work one or two hours, but it suits me because it's 5 minutes walk away. The average commute figure of 54 minutes is wholly irrelevant to me, and the figure will include some well paid people who commute nearer 2 hours each way to do a full day.

I've still no idea where 37p fits in unless you are assuming the person gets paid £1 an hour.

Maybe it's worth starting a new thread and forgetting this one.