DWP pursued woman’s employer for nonexistent ‘benefit debt’

Exclusive: Employer of woman who cares for disabled mother was asked to deduct ‘debt’ from salary despite court ruling she had nothing to payA woman providing full-time unpaid care for her elderly disabled mother says her job has been put in jeopardy because welfare officials wrongly pursued her employer for a nonexistent “benefit debt” quashed by the courts nearly four years ago.The 44-year-old woman said she was staggered when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrote to her employer out of the blue earlier this month demanding they deduct the universal credit overpayment “debt” from her salary. Continue reading…

Exclusive: Employer of woman who cares for disabled mother was asked to deduct ‘debt’ from salary despite court ruling she had nothing to payA woman providing full-time unpaid care for her elderly disabled mother says her job has been put in jeopardy because welfare officials wrongly pursued her employer for a nonexistent “benefit debt” quashed…

Exclusive: Employer of woman who cares for disabled mother was asked to deduct ‘debt’ from salary despite court ruling she had nothing to payA woman providing full-time unpaid care for her elderly disabled mother says her job has been put in jeopardy because welfare officials wrongly pursued her employer for a nonexistent “benefit debt” quashed by the courts nearly four years ago.The 44-year-old woman said she was staggered when the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrote to her employer out of the blue earlier…