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"Some of my staff are sitting at home on the PUP and refusing to come to work"

The first cuts to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment have come into effect, but how much of the PU...

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10.01 8 Sep 2021


"Some of my staff are sitting at home on the PUP and refusing to come to work"


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10.01 8 Sep 2021


The first cuts to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment have come into effect, but how much of the PUP is being cut?

And is the cut fair?

Those in the music and entertainment industry say it isn't as a lot of people in that industry say they have no idea when they'll be able to return to full-time employment.

However hospitality businesses and other small businesses say they cannot find staff and they want the PUP to be cut even more.

Our reporter Barry Whyte joins us....


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