What are the factory workers supposed to be living on? Have they claimed UC online? Been to Hotten job centre and agreed to search for work for 35 hours per week?
Soaps usually take such pains when dealing with 'issues' - advice from experts, providing helplines for viewers - but Emmerdale's not alone in ignoring the reality of having no work.
And don't get me started on the almost universal trope of someone walking into a place, asking for a job and getting it, and then never asking how much they'll be paid. 