The law says when calculating a person’s income and benefit level, Work and Income is to "take no account of a redundancy or retirement payment". This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and is republished with permission.
Work and Income has been acting "unlawfully" and ignoring its own legislation by telling people paid redundancies that they are not eligible for a benefit till that money runs out.
The discovery could affect many people laid off since Covid-19 struck and may have been an issue much longer.It came to light after RNZ detailed the story of Mary *, a hotel worker […]
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