Todd_is_God Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 40 minutes ago, Left Back said: Presumably you’re talking about increasing SSP? Why should this burden be shifted solely onto the taxpayer? How about legislating to force companies to pay decent sick pay without burdening the taxpayer? The problem with SSP is if you increase it it’s money you can’t spend on other public services. Companies should take more responsibility for their employees health/welfare (and you could argue it’s in their interests to do so) but those days are unfortunately long gone. For most it’s all about the bottom line. The taxpayer doesn't pay SSP - The employer does. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 People with no symptoms of anything and a negative LFT should absolutely not be wasting everyone's time and money, by getting a PCR 'to find out properly'. This fucking insane mentality needs to stop, if it takes truncheons to the face to do so. I’m doing a daily LFT just now after getting the news on Monday, I’m sitting 5 days on, not a chance 5 in a row are negative by accident. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: The taxpayer doesn't pay SSP - The employer does. They claim it back off the government. ETA maybe I should clarify. In the context of covid. Edited January 7, 2022 by Left Back 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, Left Back said: They claim it back off the government. ETA maybe I should clarify. In the context of covid. Sorry, I thought you were talking about increasing SSP in general. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 When did the Scottish ambulance service start serving London? [emoji6]I have said this with our healthboard as well. It’s all fine and well, getting the army in to get people to hospital quicker, but that is no use to anyone when they arrive there and there isn’t enough beds for folk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: Not really the same though Bairnardo, is it? Dons1988 had asked me what I thought and I'd told him, which prompted a response from him. For him to then parrot some drivel about me never saying where I stood, was therefore a bit daft. I was hardly asking him to comb through my back catalogue, was I? If TiG has made noises in the past calling for improved sick pay, then fair play. It would be better, though, if he didn't later seem to counter them. I mean its not EXACTLY the same, it's just similar enough to leave me wondering if it something I haven't noticed to which we owe your tone of condescension........ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, oaksoft said: Have to congratulate @Monkey Tennison completely missing a fairly benign and uncontroversial point about who is most likely to be taking covid sickness leave I'm not at all surprised that you see the point and its pretty glaring subtext as benign. However, it's actually anything but. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 31 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Sorry, I thought you were talking about increasing SSP in general. I think the whole sick pay system needs legislation but that’s not a topic for here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I think the whole sick pay system needs legislation but that’s not a topic for here.It is relevant when you have the right wing press using Covid as an excuse to push against SSP and Trade Unions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 hours ago, saint in exile said: Never heard of the self employed.No sick pay,no holiday pay,no company/public sector In dex linked pensions,no retirement in their 50s,no work,no pay No, no I've never heard of the self employed. Thanks for enlightening me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 26 minutes ago, buchan30 said: I have said this with our healthboard as well. It’s all fine and well, getting the army in to get people to hospital quicker, but that is no use to anyone when they arrive there and there isn’t enough beds for folk. They could shoot the bed blockers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 21 minutes ago, Left Back said: I think the whole sick pay system needs legislation but that’s not a topic for here. It is relevant when you have the right wing press using Covid as an excuse to push against SSP and Trade Unions. It's the type of narrative several posters on here consistently buy into. For some of them I think it's unwitting, but that's no great defence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 YET !!!BBC News - No need for a fourth Covid jab yet, say UK advisershttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59915560 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Anecdotally, there does seem to be a much bigger delay in getting PCR results now. I'm part of the ONS survey which means that someone comes once a month, asks a few questions about your potential exposure - how many people you've been in close contact with, how often you've been socialising etc - and then takes a swab for a PCR test. They came out and did the test on Monday and I didn't get my result until today. Obviously because mine is routine I don't need to isolate, but it would be incredibly frustrating to be stuck in the house for four days waiting for a result to come back if you were a close contact or whatever.My sister in law had to go for a PCR on Tuesday, git the result on Wednesday. Don't know if it is taking longer in different areas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 My sister in law had to go for a PCR on Tuesday, git the result on Wednesday. Don't know if it is taking longer in different areas.I had to get a PCR over the Christmas break back in Inverness after being identified as a "close contact". Results were back in a little over 16 hours. Pretty impressive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanFan Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 9 hours ago, oaksoft said: f**k me. Some people are utterly broken. This is absolutely insane. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 They could shoot the bed blockers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, oaksoft said: That's not true. You just need to have self assessment submissions which cover the required period. Of course, the lower the earnings you declare, the lower the grant but the grants are still accessible without having a tax bill. Yeah you are correct I didn't word that very well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: They could shoot the bed blockers. They shoot bed blockers don't they! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Aldo Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 YET !!!BBC News - No need for a fourth Covid jab yet, say UK advisershttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59915560Further jags are fine but they should be boosters for those who need / want them.There's no reason for society to be put on hold again while we wait on fit and healthy 20-somethings to get a 4th jag. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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