Anger over '
work till you drop' plan to raise state pension age to 75
DWP admits telling Universal Credit claimants to work as strippers was 'inappropriate'; A listing on a Department for Work and Pensions website suggesting becoming a 'striptease artist' as an alternative to claiming benefits has been slammed as 'unacceptable'
It's
work till you drop, extending pension age, and no help for the vulnerable in winter.
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You must
work till you drop to do the best job possible but in an atmosphere of conviviality and civility.
"What makes my job very interesting is to continually encounter new stories, new people"
If you don't want to have to
work till you drop you need to take control of your pension savings now.
Save yourself from poverty in retirement; As the state pension review triggers fears of working to 75, Tricia Phillips shows how you can build up a healthy retirement pot
But the "
work till you drop" move will cause alarm for those in manual jobs who tend to live less long.
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Sky-high bills, bad weather,
work till you drop and die early...
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The "
work till you drop" culture is now firmly entrenched, making the promise that we would all have more leisure time seem as far off as it ever has.
LETTER: Wage slaves
So far though, there is no mad rush to
work till you drop in the job you have done in most of your working life.
World accepts death of pensions and the birth of flexible working
WORK TILL YOU DROP. The weekly "Be Between" survey appearing in the Asahi Shimbun asked 3,544 working adults whether they thought the age for compulsory retirement should be raised.
Train in vain
That's why
Work Till You Drop and No Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith can pretend to be on the side of the have-nots, while blatantly impoverishing the have-nots.
Blame our Tory MPs... but they feel no shame
The ethos of '
work till you drop' for the many to sustain the privilege of the few is fundamentally flawed.
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Yesterday, TUC general secretary Brendan Barber told delegates at Brighton: "We say no to a
work till you drop policies
3m in pension strike threat; Unions: we will bring country to a halt
It certainly seems that the '
work till you drop' ethic of the 80's pony-tailed yuppies and 90's dinkys has been firmly given the Jonny Wilkinson treatment with 32 per cent Birmingham's 'climb downers' dreaming about a less stressful, less well paid job -but only if it allowed more time for the pursuit of spiritual fulfilment.
Birmingham's high-fliers hoping to quit rat race early
The "
work till you drop" announcement will cause particular alarm for those in manual jobs who do not tend to live as long as people in cushy roles.
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Mr Webb told The Journal a rise in the retirement age was inevitable as people are living longer, but he insisted it wasn't a case of "
work till you drop".
Minister issues pension pledge