No win no fee. Fecking country is a piece of shit.

[rustferret]

its a pet hate of mine too and sadly there are some divers out there who are on perm sick.............still manage to lug cylinders about though! just makes life harder for those with reall disability.......

rustferret.........fit as a fiddle

[Gram43]

What about those of us who are self employed - no sickness benefit, no-one to do our work for us and no sympathy - boo, hoo!! I'm waiting for the "Ahhhh!"

But, even headmisstresses get caught out, one was in the paper recently who pulled s sickie to bugger off to the canaries, claiming she'd had a call from a friend who was apparently seriously ill and she just had to go to help her. Or something like that. She probably broke a finger nail.

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by turbanator

They don't have time to do their jobs properly because they spend it researching employment law.

For the short time that I was signing on, I did not have time to 'work the system', I'm sure I could have got a lot more however I just did not have the knowledge of the professional unemployed.

yup thats very true, I only got basic stuff when I signed on years ago, until I started 'job club' then I learnt how to milk the system - not for very long though as job club did what its supposed to get you back to work.

[turbanator]

Originally Posted by dry suit diver

not for very long though as job club did what its supposed to get you back to work.

Did you have a Pauline ?

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by turbanator

Did you have a Pauline ?

god no, the geezer running ours was really good, he did have a funny name though

Norrie.

I was only on JC for 6 weeks but in them 6 weeks I learnt how to screw the benefit system

[Daniel Taylor]

We had a woman in our clerical pool who was off on long term stress leave when someone else spotted her working in the local chippy. When they started disciplinary proceedings she went to the doctor who wrote her a note saying that work in the chippy was theraputic for her stress and so the action was dropped.

Working for the civil service we get 6 months sick pay in any year but no more than 1 year accumulated in any 4. Stress in ever example that I have seen lasts for exactly 6 months. The prospect of SSP always cures it!

[ahar]

Originally Posted by dry suit diver

god no, the geezer running ours was really good, he did have a funny name though

Norrie.

I was only on JC for 6 weeks but in them 6 weeks I learnt how to screw the benefit system

Currently working for a project redesigning the sickness benefit system (currently incapacity benefit). I've got enough knowledge now to really really screw the taxpayer for a lot of money.
I'm available for a small fee.....

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by ahar

Currently working for a project redesigning the sickness benefit system (currently incapacity benefit). I've got enough knowledge now to really really screw the taxpayer for a lot of money.
I'm available for a small fee.....

nah,

happy actually working for a living rather than being a software designer

[CotoChris]

I run a small business, well very small with just another employee at the moment. I take a very firm hand with employees after bad experience in the past. If they want time off and it's convenient then normally that is OK with me. BUt any screwing around then they get a formal notice - 3 of those then you are sacked. I'm sorry but it's my money that is being stolen, and yes it is theft and immoral. To compensate I think I'm a OK boss and just ask them to be truthful. I now run everything by the book but I am fair.

[Finless]

Originally Posted by CotoChris

I run a small business, well very small with just another employee at the moment. I take a very firm hand with employees after bad experience in the past. If they want time off and it's convenient then normally that is OK with me. BUt any screwing around then they get a formal notice - 3 of those then you are sacked. I'm sorry but it's my money that is being stolen, and yes it is theft and immoral. To compensate I think I'm a OK boss and just ask them to be truthful. I now run everything by the book but I am fair.

Me too. I burn very easily when out in the sun.