On 1 Feb, 08:56, mogga  wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:27:49 -0800 (PST), "mart2...@hotmail.com"
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> >On 31 Jan, 18:17, Mogga  wrote:
> >> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:23:06 -0800 (PST), "mart2...@hotmail.com"
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> >> >> Any figures on part time work supported by benefits compared to full> >> >> time work not supported by benefits?
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> >> >Well, many part time workers do get working tax credits. Are you
> >> >including that as a benefit?
> >> >And there will be some on incapacity benefit while working part time.
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> >> Yes, tax credits would count as a benefit. If you didn't get top up
> >> credits you'd probably look for a second job. But these days it seems
> >> the government is happy for there to be many part time workers who get
> >> benefit.  I assume people who get it don't want to lose it and so
> >> would avoid voting out the hand that feeds them.
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> >About 7 million part-time workers. Though likely some at least will
> >have sufficient numbers of part time jobs to make full time hours.
> >Still, for those of us who cannot work full time for whatever reason,
> >part time working keeps us off the dole.  :)
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> I'm thinking about the point at what someone is the same burden
> financially on the state unemployed as employed but works for a
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Hmmmm.....thats a tougher one.
Some part-timers will be the highest earner in the household. Others
will also qualify for working tax credits.
Then there are disabled who will tend to get a lot more tax credits
and more likely to be part timers as well - plus state paying for some
adaptions the company makes.
Then there are those part-timers who bring the 2nd income into the
house - so perhaps don't qualify for state help at all.
Though part-timers will tend to cost the companies (and therefore the
state the companies are passing the payments on to) in employer NI.
Currently 12.8% of salary above £5225.

A tough one to work out, the point at which someone stops being a
burden on the state. Even in purely income terms.

Martin  <><