Being picky is one thing but many people have no intention of ever taking a job. Living off their fellow citizens is a lifestyle choice.But as we don't do that, then it's not criminal for the person to be choosy and not take a job unless it's perfect.
Brendan
Purple,
{many people have no intention of ever taking a job}
I really don,t think that is true , what is very true is that when we perceive that someone is cheating, it magnifies our anger.
I believe there are very very few occasions where 500 wages is trumped by (dole).
I know quite a few of them. I also know people who have given up working as they are better off on the dole. They were earning in excess of €500 per week.
There was a letter to the Sunday Business Post a few years ago from a man in the West of Ireland with 2 kids in college. He said that he would nee a job paying in excess of €62'000 a year to be better off working when college fees, medical expenses, work related expenses and childcare costs for his younger children were taken into account.
Another good piece of work from the ESRI so
You forgot theI agree , it's good to see an independent report as opposed to anecdotal evidence.
Indeed and that weakens the argument for high rates of welfare.As an aside the majority of the unemployed are young & childless.
Especially when that 40% figure doesn't take the cost of getting to work or childcare into account. That could reduce it to zero or even a negative figure.For a 40% increase in income, you need to work 39hrs a week. This is what would put some people off. They would see a lot of effort and loss of freedom for a little return and more responsibility.
I know the Enterprise Ireland system quite well and generally don't bother applying for grants because a) being East of the Shannon there's very little available and b) the checks and paperwork is considerable (as it should be).There are plenty people scamming off the state and another group to be added to the list are those "Serial Entrepreneurs" who get grants from Enterprise Ireland.
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