US EditionNew Figures: Tens of Thousands of Low-Wage Earners Receive No Food Checks
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While over two million receive food checks, thousands of low-wage earners are left empty-handed
It is unfair that those with low wages do not receive any food checks just because they do not have children, says criticism from several quarters.
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New figures, which Cepos has drawn for DR Nyheder, show that 32,000 people who have an annual salary of less than 300,000 kroner – corresponding to a monthly salary of less than 25,000 kroner – do not receive a food check. This is because the low-paid people in question in the labor market do not have children under 18 years of age, which is a condition for receiving the food check. This is unreasonable, says the HK trade union. - We also have t…
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