Disabled Mate Gets Paid More For Same Job

buy_my_cookies · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:19

still i would pefer having £1 less an hour and to be normal, so i'd let him have his money

apeZ · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:23

As far as I know, its illegal. I'm disabled, and on the same hourly rate as fellow employees with the same job title.

Kol · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:24

buy_my_cookies said:
still i would pefer having £1 less an hour and to be normal, so i'd let him have his money

#1/hr doesn't sound much but @37.5hrs for 48weeks of the year it's nearly #2k so a fair amount of money in the long term.

This Side Up · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:25

lakitu said:
Well I have three years experience in a call centre (not proud) and he has none. I also have more qualifications. We have only been there two weeks and everyone else is on the same wage regardless of age bar him.

Not his fault though, is it?

Rounds on him I guess... :cool:

buy_my_cookies · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:28

Kol said:
#1/hr doesn't sound much but @37.5hrs for 48weeks of the year it's nearly #2k so a fair amount of money in the long term.

did not think about it like that. still its nice to be normal, well as close to it as i can be any way

Sankari · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:30

He gets an extra £1 per hour as "hilarity pay".

dangerstat · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:30

Ice Globe said:
I feel your anger, as I experience something along the same lines at Uni.

One of my best mates is dyslexic and gets many benefits because of his disability:

over £175 of grant to spend on books/printing EACH YEAR
lecture notes from lecturers which is pretty much what is examined from
along with the obvious extra time in exams

It might be slightly different to a difference in salary, but I do find it annoying how people with disabilities get over compensated. Of course, I don't know how hard everyday life is like though.

You're an idiot

Shaye87 · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:32

Edited, didn't read fully.

Egon · 28 Mar 2009 at 17:40

Azagoth said:
Tourettes and he works in a call centre? I imagine much hilarity ensues.

First thing I thought. Made me laugh !

Buffman · 28 Mar 2009 at 18:09

dangerstat said:
You're an idiot

Indeed, I'm sure the person with dyslexia will have a lot more problems with coursework etc than you.

Lil old me · 28 Mar 2009 at 18:16

Ice Globe said:
I feel your anger, as I experience something along the same lines at Uni.

One of my best mates is dyslexic and gets many benefits because of his disability:

over £175 of grant to spend on books/printing EACH YEAR
lecture notes from lecturers which is pretty much what is examined from
along with the obvious extra time in exams

It might be slightly different to a difference in salary, but I do find it annoying how people with disabilities get over compensated. Of course, I don't know how hard everyday life is like though.

I have a dyslexic friend who gets all of this as well as a free, pretty high spec laptop and money off his internet.

Ok yea he does find spelling pretty much impossible but he is amazing at arithmatic and is pretty mucha guaranteed a 1st in chemistry. I really cant agree with the government giving away all of this funding when others have to work just as hard because although their english might be better their maths is worse.

the_worrier · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:27

Azagoth said:
Tourettes and he works in a call centre? I imagine much hilarity ensues.

LOL!

Johnnytoxic · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:34

I've always wondered if any tourettes sufferers work in call centres.

I've also wondered who would win in a race between a greyhound and a horse.

Amp34 · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:48

Lil old me said:
I have a dyslexic friend who gets all of this as well as a free, pretty high spec laptop and money off his internet.

Ok yea he does find spelling pretty much impossible but he is amazing at arithmatic and is pretty mucha guaranteed a 1st in chemistry. I really cant agree with the government giving away all of this funding when others have to work just as hard because although their english might be better their maths is worse.

I know a couple of people who get that as well, and they laugh at it. I just can't see how being dyslexic stops you going to the library and taking books out like the rest of university students. If you need them longer do what everyone else does and renew them. Why do you need a £1000 laptop when most students have a laptop anyway, and a £300 one would be just as good...

I agree with lecture notes though, just that monetary incentives really are pointless for things like dyslexia. If you are blind say then maybe different, give them a book reader etc. and dyslexics free glasses if they are of use but books and a laptop really are stupid.

CliffyBiro · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:49

Azagoth said:
Tourettes and he works in a call centre? I imagine much hilarity ensues.

Agreed!!

CliffyBiro · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:51

I think we have misunderstood the situation.

This is his mate:

"Is it... did his helmet turn blue?"

int · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:54

Amp34 said:
I know a couple of people who get that as well, and they laugh at it. I just can't see how being dyslexic stops you going to the library and taking books out like the rest of university students. If you need them longer do what everyone else does and renew them. Why do you need a £1000 laptop when most students have a laptop anyway, and a £300 one would be just as good...

I agree with lecture notes though, just that monetary incentives really are pointless for things like dyslexia. If you are blind say then maybe different, give them a book reader etc. and dyslexics free glasses if they are of use but books and a laptop really are stupid.

The thought behind the "high spec" laptop or pc is that they must be able to run all of the software provided efficiently. For example, they get speech recognition and book scanning software with all of the stuff that comes with them and according to the DSA, a high end pc is needed.

My gf is dyslexic and the pc they gave her can comfortably play CoD4 :| I don't agree with the free printer, ink and paper "because dyslexic students print more things off to read", however I do abuse it and have her get me my ink ^_^

Amp34 · 28 Mar 2009 at 20:09

That's the thing, any modern laptop will do all that, you don't need a top of the range one to do it, £300 would be perfectly fine. And yeah, I didn't say they weren't abused

(although not by me). I just begrudge the extra they get for no real reason, why should dyslexic people get free books (which the money means is true) when the rest of us have to buy the same books ourselves?

KNiVES · 28 Mar 2009 at 20:23

I think it's disability tax credit. Some people aren't taxed as heavily if they are disabled, hence coming home with more money in their pockets.

VaderDSL · 28 Mar 2009 at 20:24

Gerard said:
Tourettes isn't always swearing though, with some people it can be involuntary movements etc. People just see tourettes and assume theyre gonna be cursing every second word.

This, grew up with a friend who had tourettes, wasn't swearing etc, was making involuntary sounds, twitching and the like, to be fair I wonder if he pays for any medication he takes? if so surely the extra £ an hour would help?