The new Employment Support Alliance, which will, in 2008, replace inability and disability allowances, enable the two million beneficiaries to practice a cut-back activity, up to 16 hours a week with a maximum 86-pound income, without loosing their rights. (Ref. 070260)
This “transition” measure, presented as part of a large reform of all welfare allowances – the Welfare Reform Bill – wants to gradually bring back to work people who, once they are covered by the allowances regime, are more likely to reach retirement age or pass away than to find a job. For this reason, the medical check-up which used to determine the granting of the allowances by measuring the handicap will be reoriented to evaluate on the contrary everyone’s aptitudes, even if they are limit
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