New Posts For Thread: a maximum 40hr working weekhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-weekwhy is this never put forward as an idea to boost employment? I personally know of many people who work lot`s of overtime at weekends e.t.c and I believe this is unfair that some people work 60hrs a week while others are unemployed. I realise that sothis was on the table in the 1970s I even wrote a piece about the new mechanised leisure society !!!! forgot about the what happens when the economy doesn't provide what we need in wages - cost of living etcwe now have both parents working to keep ahttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516465447#516465447this was on the table in the 1970s I even wrote a piece about the new mechanised leisure society !!!! forgot about the what happens when the economy doesn't provide what we need in wages - cost of living etcwe now have both parents working to keep aFri, 17 Feb 2012 06:56:09 -0600FlatlinerGovernment Think Tanks have already thrown the idea of 30 hours onto the table. This puts the minimum wagers just about on the tax treshhold, so with WTC, net wages would be around £220, unless living with a working partner on a certain waghttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516461621#516461621FlatlinerGovernment Think Tanks have already thrown the idea of 30 hours onto the table. This puts the minimum wagers just about on the tax treshhold, so with WTC, net wages would be around £220, unless living with a working partner on a certain wagFri, 17 Feb 2012 04:30:53 -0600ffs simple drivel...If you are so right, then why not a 30 hour week....or 20 or 10https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516454407#516454407ffs simple drivel...If you are so right, then why not a 30 hour week....or 20 or 10Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:15:40 -0600I think he means if everyone had a job you would pay less tax as the government spending would reduce due to less benefits being paid and a healthier nation.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516451473#516451473I think he means if everyone had a job you would pay less tax as the government spending would reduce due to less benefits being paid and a healthier nation.Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:25:15 -0600The idea is not as daft as it sounds. Unemployment is only going one way. The current figures of 2.7million unemployed dont tell the true picture when you include those on incapacity benefit and those who are not claiming or in some form of traininghttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516451419#516451419The idea is not as daft as it sounds. Unemployment is only going one way. The current figures of 2.7million unemployed dont tell the true picture when you include those on incapacity benefit and those who are not claiming or in some form of trainingThu, 16 Feb 2012 19:22:34 -0600RockMonkey Savings in taxation involved in a) through factors such as reduced welfare payments, decrease in crime, increase in public health would go a long way to offset decrease in wages through reduced hours.Rubbish 40 million take a 25% pay cut,https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516451059#516451059RockMonkey Savings in taxation involved in a) through factors such as reduced welfare payments, decrease in crime, increase in public health would go a long way to offset decrease in wages through reduced hours.Rubbish 40 million take a 25% pay cut,Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:09:36 -0600You would have 20 million workers unable to pay their rent/mortgage/bills/food if they only worked 30 hours per week.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516450923#516450923You would have 20 million workers unable to pay their rent/mortgage/bills/food if they only worked 30 hours per week.Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:04:38 -0600UK Economy is unable to provide enough full-time, proper jobs for the population. Labour tries to solve problem by creating many 'non-jobs', Tories don't even try to solve problem hence permanent mass unemployment when in power.Only long-term solutiohttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516450707#516450707UK Economy is unable to provide enough full-time, proper jobs for the population. Labour tries to solve problem by creating many 'non-jobs', Tories don't even try to solve problem hence permanent mass unemployment when in power.Only long-term solutioThu, 16 Feb 2012 18:57:19 -0600i've been getting 10 hours a week overtime at quadruple pay recently. I would be seething if I had to give that up just because I went over 40 hours.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516448611#516448611i've been getting 10 hours a week overtime at quadruple pay recently. I would be seething if I had to give that up just because I went over 40 hours.Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:50:29 -0600With the agencies gaining the contracts for menial work and a huge majority of it temporary, there is not much lack of skills/experience discrimination. Everyone is thrown into the pot together.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/28923417/a-maximum-40hr-working-week?post_id=516447803#516447803With the agencies gaining the contracts for menial work and a huge majority of it temporary, there is not much lack of skills/experience discrimination. Everyone is thrown into the pot together.Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:32:45 -0600