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Meet the retirees working well into their nineties (www.stuff.co.nz)

submitted 8 months ago by Xcf456 to c/politics

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[–] Dave 2 points 8 months ago

It's actually a huge amount of staff effort to means test benefits, and it's definitely not without issue.

It would probably involve a substantial increase to the number of WINZ employees needed. Add to this that pensioners are less computer literate on average, and you probably need to double the size of the contact centre.