A comment I read, on the comments section of a national rag today ...
My partner has been deemed fit to work and we are currently working towards an appeal, he has a condition that effects his muscles and tendons, so he doesn't have anything strength, so he can pick up an empty cup but not one full of water, things like that. He also cannot carry out any personal takes, feed himself, get out of his chair, he can use a computer for very short amounts of time (he can manage about half an hour a day).
He was deemed fit to work as he can hold an empty plastic beaker and because he can use a phone and a computer for very limited amounts of time. Yes he can do those things, but being realistic who would employ someone to work from home for 30 minutes a day depending on when he happens to have a good day. Then you have to consider that he needs help going to the toilet and being fed, so he couldn't work outside the home unless he had a carer, which we can't afford and an employer wouldn't pay for.
A 100% valid point. Apart from the fact that this commenter's partner CANNOT work, regardless of what the ATOS disability denial factory, in collaboration with Sgt Major Cpl Lt Iain Duncan-Smith, says, even if in theory an employer did give him employment that employer would hardly be getting value for their buck. An employer would be out of business in double quick time if he were that lax in his judgement of employing people to work for his company. Fulfilling an obligation to have 4% disabled (but still capable) people on your workforce is completely and utterly different to employing people who are not fit to carry out their duties and would be a drain on the company. As well as the employers obligation to then ensure the health and safety of that person at work. No wonder Cameron is also doing away with worker's rights. Dangerous workplace? No problem, caveat emptor.
Lets get ******* real here, please! Cameron is absolutely bonkers if he thinks an employer is going to employ an unqualified person who cannot do the job, just because that person has fraudulently been declared 'fit for work'. Harsh but true, it's just the way it is. But Cameron does know this, he is not a stupid man. Which begs the question, why would the govt want to fraudulently force down a persons benefit entitlement based on a lie? M.O.N.E.Y. is why. Avarice, greed, insanity, to fund HS2, call it what you will. But disabled people, with no ability to work, are being thrown aimlessly and mindlessly into the work market for no other reason than financial gain. That is a disgrace, and alone enough to question whether this govt is fit for purpose. Cameron's tory party are not fit for public office, and need to be prosecuted for human rights abuses. Some achievement for a mere 18mths in power.
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