reports.Current rules mean workers who are paid twice each month are flagged as 'over-earning' by the DWP's systems.This means their following payment is reduced - sometimes to zero - as a result of their 'higher' income.However, in the majority of cases they are not actually over-earning.It is often as a result of their employer paying them on the first - or last - working day of the month.
Or if they received an early or late payment as a result of a bank holiday.Get the latest updates from across Greater Manchester direct to your inbox with the free MEN newsletterYou can sign up very simply by following the instructions hereAs a result of the glitch, vulnerable families found themselves without any benefit for a month.In June, four.
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