But the scheme was criticized for allowing employers to pay below-subsistence wages, because the taxpayer would make up the difference. In 1834, the Speenhamland system was replaced by the New Poor Law, which confined relief to workhouses, under conditions sufficiently odious to force people back into the labor market.
但该机制受到了批评，被认为这让雇主支付低于生存水平线的工资，因为纳税人会补偿差额。1834年，斯宾汉兰制度被新济贫法（New Poor Law）取代，新济贫法规定救济只限于救济院，并且需要满足非常苛刻的条件以迫使人们回到劳动力市场。