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Pay peanuts get monkeys, it's the way the public sector is going.

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Absolutely right.

How much more unprofessional can this department get?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...BNHSfY7Pu18TYQ

Claiming disability benefits shouldn't be a game of Deal or No Deal!

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Next Mondays Panorama will deal with the reasons why the DWP has had to pay out nearly a million pounds of taxpayers money to compensate disabled people for discrimination:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000g6rz

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Arrangements regarding benefit claimants and the Coronavirus:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politi...mpression=true

Sounds sensible, but I bet we hear about sanctions for some when their sanction stats are down.

I'm lucky in that I don't have to attend such meetings in order to receive my benefits; good job as i've decided to self isolate as much as I can.

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True about the pay, but it used to promise a lifetime of bananas and other fruit, that's all gone now.

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It's now been reported that the DWP has lost more Employment Tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain.

If they discriminate against their their own disabled staff to such an extent, what hope do disabled claimants have of being treated in a fair and non discriminatory manner?

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What employer would and should put up with that? Either you can do the job or you can't. What "reasonable adjustments" were there meant to be?

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If any absence is due to a disability, it should not be classed as mainstream sickness absence and should not be subject to any policies designed to deal with sickness absence that is deemed to be excessive or questionable. To do so is legally viewed as disability discrimination.

As the DWP is trying to get disabled people into work and working disabled people may require more time off, it's an outrage that they either don't know the law or believe that they are above the law.

I'm not sure where you got that quote from, but I highly doubt that they mean that she was off work for four years.

As for your "either you can do the job or you can't" comment, what are disabled claimants supposed to do if they are told that the DWP has deemed them to be fit for work (using their flawed and discredited criteria for evaluating this)?

They go and find employment with the DWP themselves, need some time off work due to their disability and are then disciplined for it!

They can't have it both ways.

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There comes a point even if there is a genuine disability where they cannot do the job. Plenty of examples where people are "swinging the lead" or making fraudulent claims. Used to be back pain, nowadays depression is the "in thing".

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Yes, it's true that some disabled people try out work and find it's too much for them. What do you suggest these people do if their claim was cancelled because they were deemed to be fit for work, they found a job within the DWP and were then dismissed because they had taken time off because their disability prevented them from attending work?

Your flippant and offensive remark about those who suffer from depression shows that you really have no comprehension of mental illness at all.

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A room that is big enough to take 12 or more people is not exactly a "small room".


Not all computer software is possible to control with voice activation.


If you're well enough to do a 3 year degree course, why aren't you able to work?


Sciatica is not a disability, it is an condition that people tend to recover from.
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There is clinical depression and there is just feeling down.
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I resigned from a job because of severe depression. Day after day I wasn't able to function and do any work.

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Methinks the problem isn't with people with depression but with people who say that they have. Like back pain diagnosis can be hard and CAN have no obvious visible signs so CAN be abused.

It's the abuse that makes things hard for those are genuinely in need having to go to great lengths to prove they need the support. It's sad that many who need the help don't get it and those that don't get away with it.

The other abuse is those who do have conditions then play the system to the detriment of others and the employer.

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Why do you think that the DWP has successfully had action taken against them for disability discrimination more than any other government department or employer in this country?

I think it's because it reflects the contemporary culture that this particular department has towards disabled people ie they are all liars, malingerers, exaggerating things etc.

I see you were unable to answer my question regarding someone being found fit for work and obtaining a job within the DWP, but then being 'punished' for needing time off work due to their disability.

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Taking a lot of time off over the course of 4 years is not doing a job. What "reasonable adjustments" could've been made? As I said, if you're able to do a 3 year degree course, then you were able to work.


Only one of the examples was sacked due to taking time off, and that was the one over 4 years. Another was sacked due to serious errors in her work, that were NOT related to any disability. Another one was where the DWP DID make an adjustment, but he still pursued a claim.


Which of my rebuttals to their arguments aren't true?


In a recently repeated TV programme, a guy was running a bar in Spain. The Police closed it as it didn't have the appropriate licence. He returned to the UK claiming he couldn't work because of anxiety and depression. If that was true, how come was he running the bar, and why was he eager to return to Spain and do the same thing all over again. Many other similar examples in these TV programmes.

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This programme highlights the current DWP culture towards disabled staff & claimants:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000g6rz