Potus ???

[Mick Dempsey]

Holiday entitlement a big deal here.

It really is part of the French DNA to have a break in the summer.

[sime42]

As it should be.

 

So all that said, wouldn't Trump have done better to sort the holiday entitlement out, to give Americans a decent amount of time off? Or did he say that as well?

[Johnsond]

7 hours ago, Mark J said:

Only a moron would work overtime.  Most people work for themselves, set a price for the job, and crack on

Rubbish Mark pure and utter crap. 

Last time I looked 13% or thereabouts in the UK are self employed. Many employed people I know value the 1.5 and 2.0 overtime rates on jobs big time, none of these  I’d call morons. By all means price a job but you telling me you’ve never got it wrong and had to work on a bit.

[sime42]

22 hours ago, Johnsond said:

😂 42 I’m not overly concerned either way to tell truth. 
 

 

You still didn't answer the question. Was that a yes or a no?

 

Assuming it's a no; would you vote for a crazy old narcissist who thinks that Haitians are going to eat all American cats and dogs?

 

 

[GarethM]

Reality is Trump can't change the holiday mentality, it's hundreds of years of built into the system stupidity.

 

The low cost solution by reducing tax on overtime is an easy fix and hurts nobody.

[sime42]

9 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Reality is Trump can't change the holiday mentality, it's hundreds of years of built into the system stupidity.

 

The low cost solution by reducing tax on overtime is an easy fix and hurts nobody.

 

Easy fix for what? It doesn't give people more holiday entitlement. Granted, it's a big long standing problem of mentality, but he could start the process of improving the situation.

It's a cultural stupidity of presenteeism.

[Johnsond]

40 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

You still didn't answer the question. Was that a yes or a no?

 

Assuming it's a no; would you vote for a crazy old narcissist who thinks that Haitians are going to eat all American cats and dogs?

 

 

You and your assumptions again 42 🤷‍♂️they  have bit you on the arse many times on here. What part of I don’t really care do you struggle with ??. 
Like I said at the time  your Friday nights must be stupefyingly tedious if you are reaching out to me. If I was a US citizen I’d look at the record of those vying for my vote and how the policies  on offer would impact me and my family. If you let your bias get the better of you then you end up with what we have now ie a pensioner robbing clown show. 

[peds]

"Our winter fuel payment goes into the holiday kitty"

1 day ago

George Sandeman & Nabiha Ahmed

BBC News

 

 

Pensioner Jon Harvey, a retired police officer, is among those pensioners who say they do not need the winter fuel payment

“The money is just for the holiday kitty,” says Jon Harvey of the £300 he was given every winter to help with heating bills. “I could also use it to go out for a nice meal.”

The 80-year-old, like all pensioners in England and Wales, was given the winter fuel payment (WFP) automatically – until this week when the new Labour government voted to change the rules.

Now only pensioners who qualify for certain benefits will receive it, an estimated 1.5 million people. Last winter 10.8 million people got the payment.

Jon, a retired police officer, tells us “it’s about time” the rules changed as “there are people who need it more than me”.

The policy, launched by the last Labour government in 1997, costs nearly £2bn per year but Sir Keir Starmer hopes the changes will save taxpayers £1.5bn.

The prime minister says it could help plug the £22bn "black hole" he says exists in the national finances - but the Tories and charities fear it could leave some over-65s cold this winter.

Beyond the political fray, the argument is nuanced - so the BBC spoke to pensioners to hear the full range of views. Some told us they rely on the payment for heating, while others said they spend the money on things like holidays, restaurants or their grandchildren.

 

Pensioner Olwen Jones standing on a beach with sailing boats in the bay behind her, says she gives her WFP to charity

Olwen Jones says she has been given the WFP for the last four years and gives it to charity

Olwen Jones, 70, has been receiving the payment for the last four years since retiring from her job in IT.

“I thought about giving it to my brother the last time I was given the payment, except he started getting it himself. Now, I give the money to charity,” she says.

The payment acts as a bonus to the bank balance for Nick Plowright. “My mother, who died back in 2019, was also receiving it for many years. When she did, she'd tell us to give it to the grandchildren,” the 68-year-old explains.

He adds: “The government needs to make the means testing rigorous, right minded and focused on helping those most in need. Above all, stop paying it to the millions who very obviously do not need it, like me.”

 

Edit:

Whoops, sorry, forgot to add a screenshot of the link!

Edited September 15 by peds

[GarethM]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

 

Easy fix for what? It doesn't give people more holiday entitlement. Granted, it's a big long standing problem of mentality, but he could start the process of improving the situation.

It's a cultural stupidity of presenteeism.

It's an easy fix to put more money into people's pockets if they aren't taxed over time and doesn't impact businesses.

 

You will never change for example the number of bank holidays, you've 300million people to convince, look at the argument for a NHS they had in the 70/80s.

 

They just claimed it was all communist, similar arguments around the whole IRS instead of a simplistic HMRC PAYE system.

 

The holiday thing is mostly the poor, those in middle class and higher government jobs take holidays and those are the ones who go abroad. Those that are poor are almost stigmatized for taking them.

[sime42]

Why it's so hard for US workers to ask for time off

WWW.BBC.COM

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US workers want more holiday – yet they still don’t take all of their paid leave. What’s keeping them at their desks?