Posts by Sacha
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Capture: Going Walkabout in Sydney, in reply to Nora Leggs,
as the rain came in
that 'Auckland weather' filter works a treat #rivulets
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Lilith __,
might be changing only IB first cos it's not part of that group of FSS working benefits.
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Lilith __,
possibly timing?
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Lilith __,
I thought the same threshold was meant to apply.
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Lilith __,
Being disabled enough to qualify for that benefit does not mean you can't work at all. People get nailed by the steep abatement rates even with that small threshold change.
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Will de Cleene,
isn't it part of the same package?
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to George Darroch,
If there isn't a funding announcement then the target is useless.
24m
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Sacha,
Correction: Invalid benefit isn't part of the new JSS category.
As part of Welfare Reform, a new work-focused benefit category called Job Seeker Support (JSS) will be introduced from July 2013. As at April 2012, 78,074 people had been receiving the benefits that will make up JSS for more than 12 months. This was made up of:
38,927 (approximately 50%) receiving Sickness Benefit
23,031 (approximately 29%) receiving Unemployment Related Benefits
12,212 (approximately 16%) receiving DPB sole parent whose youngest children are over 14 or DPB Women Alone
3,904 (approximately 5%) receiving Widow’s Benefit with no children or whose youngest children are over 14.
On introduction of JSS, all of these client groups will have a full-time or part-time work expectation (unless granted a temporary deferment).
The Government’s target is to:
reduce the number of people continuously receiving these working-age benefits, which will become the new JSS, for more than 12 months by 30%, from 78,000 in April 2012 to 55,000 by 2017.
Many beneficiaries do want to work at least part-time. Cutting their income eligibility just transfers onto them and their families most of the cost of mismatched labour market provisions (actual jobs, flexibility, transport, childcare, personal support, access provisions). We've already seen the queues for basic supermarket jobs. Brighter NZ my arse.
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Hard News: If wishing made it so ..., in reply to Russell Brown,
The RF investment also has a much better return that any of those silly new highways.