Social Security Rules
Sir, —A man who is in a position oJ having to obtain employment on No. 11 scheme is dismissed if it is found that during the week-end or before ot after work he gives a little help to a wife who, to try and make ends meet, has gone to work herself. Can you tell me why the same rule does not apply to well-paid members of the staff of the Social Security Department itself? Some of their wives arc in regular employment, taking two salaries into the home, while genuinely-unemployed men are refused even sustenance if they refuse to leave their wives and families and go out into the country. HARD FACTS. I When this letter was referred to the registrar of the Social Security Department he staled that he had no comment to make.—Ed.. Herald. I
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20112, 5 December 1939, Page 14
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141Social Security Rules Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20112, 5 December 1939, Page 14
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