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June 20, 2009
Cambridge Jobseeker felt “humiliated and degraded” by YMCA Training
Filed under: Suffolk , Unemployment , YMCA , Jobseekers Allowance — Tags: cambridge , detention centre , DWP , James Purnell , Jobcentre , Jobcentre Plus , Jobseekers Allowance , New Deal , New Deal for the Unemployed ,
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is that you have not been on Jobseekers Allowance for over 6 months and you are not legally required to do that course.
When it says “have claimed Jobseekers Allowance (JSA)” it refers to your latest claim .
It doesn’t matter if you have claimed Jobseekers Allowance for 4 years, got a job then later been made redundant and been on the dole for a few weeks or if you had your claim terminated for whatever reason and you have been claiming for several years non-stop. Basically, if
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who has been claiming Jobseekers Allowance, a couple of suggestions is advertising job positions at the Jobcentre (website, job points etc.) and vetting applications forms highlighting and presuming that gaps in employment history is a point of unemployment – and assuming that unemployed person was claiming Jobseekers Allowance.
The problem with this system is that at some point before the Jobseekers is employed, the Employer has to ask if the person has been claiming
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who has been claiming Jobseekers Allowance, a couple of suggestions is advertising job positions at the Jobcentre (website, job points etc.) and vetting applications forms highlighting and presuming that gaps in employment history is a point of unemployment – and assuming that unemployed person was claiming Jobseekers Allowance.
The problem with this system is that at some point before the Jobseekers is employed, the Employer has to ask if the person has been claiming
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Abolition of Attendance Allowance and Cut in Housing Benefit.
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June 20, 2009
Cambridge Jobseeker felt “humiliated and degraded” by YMCA Training
Filed under: Suffolk , Unemployment , YMCA , Jobseekers allowance — Tags: New Deal , Unemployed , New Deal for the Unemployed , James Purnell , DWP , Jobcentre , Jobcentre Plus , ymca training , Jobseekers allowance , detention centre , cambridge — Flexible New Deal @ 3:42 pm
We have been biased in our coverage of YMCA Training by only including experiences of the
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Forced Labour for Jobseekers Pilot.
Filed under: Campaigns for Unemployed , Welfare State , Workfare , Jobseekers allowance — Tags: Unemployment , Workfare — Andrew Coates @ 4:01 pm
Forced labour for Jobseekers (Via Manchester Mule here )
Despite high levels of unemployment due to the recession Jobseekers in Greater Manchester will be forced to work up to 40 hours a week as part of the Work for Your Benefits (WfYB) pilot scheme. The region is set to
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in is… If they replace Jobseekers Allowance with an Training Allowance (of same amount) for the Work for your Benefit scheme, will you still be working for your benefits?
A Training Allowance is a benefit but not an unemployment benefit as those who are in receipt of it are classified as “in training”.
Comment by Flexible New Deal — March 12, 2010 @ 11:01 am
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“A technical aspect I am interested in is… If they replace Jobseekers
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Abolition of Disability Allowance: Hits Most Vulnerable Unemployed.
Filed under: Atttendance Allowance , Campaigns for Unemployed , Welfare State , Workfare — Tags: Disability Allowance — Andrew Coates @ 10:22 am
From Tony Greenstein’s Blog :
New Labour Proposes to Abolish ALL Disability Benefits – DLA and AA included
What kind of ‘Labour’ Government are the Trade Unions Funding?
Having already
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a native condition of Jobseekers Allowance and Jobseekers signed up to the Jobseekers Allowance and not to receive a Training Allowance that is done by Jobcentre Plus.
So whereas you can be “exited” for refusing job search or not meeting your weekly target, being on New Deal relaxes the conditions so technically under law you aren’t even obligated to do any job search whatsoever.
2) I have had periods of unemployment over the years and have signed on. I have never
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for agencies having Jobseekers allowance claimants…
Two scenarios for Jobseekers:
1) Jobseeker fails to or refuses to apply for a job advertised by an agency because its casual hours/part time zero hour contract job – has “good cause”.
2) If an agency you have registered with invites you to an interview or otherwise notifies you of an vacancy, to Jobcentre Plus this is an “job offer” thus if you turn it down you are turning down an
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Filed under: Campaigns for Unemployed , Welfare State , Workfare , Jobseekers allowance — Tags: Unemployment , Workfare — Andrew Coates @ 4:01 pm
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program altogether even on jobseekers allowance.
Comment by ken — October 18, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
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You must actively refuse to sign an jobseekers Agreement (JSAg) if it doesn’t contain all the required information.
You advising them isn’t enough – you need to make sure it is contained on your jobseekers Agreement (JSAg) in writing and (optionally) on New Deal Action Plans…
There is no other place for them to keep a “note on
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see everyone who is claiming Jobseekers Allowance as those who don’t want to work and are getting the same rate as back-in-the-day. In fact, since it was renamed Jobseekers Allowance the benefit payments have halfed – also realise in addition of inflation the Government has stuck so much taxation into different elements of business and “red tape” that business obviously include them in prices.
The Jobcentre even commits unlawful/illegal acts into preventing
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for work while claiming jobseeker’s allowance and housing benefit.
Then in December 2008, the advisers at the jobcentre told her she no longer qualified for jobseeker’s allowance.
According to the Department for Work and Pensions the fact that she was within 11 weeks of giving birth disqualified her from being an active jobseeker. She was told to apply for income support instead. What no one warned her was that European nationals who claim income support must provide
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increased, the renamed jobseeker’s allowance had fallen to an all-time low of 10.5% of average earnings. And while, in the past, means-tested allowances raised unemployed income to a higher minimum level, the jobseeker’s allowance rates are now the same, whether means-tested or not.
Of course, average earnings have grown but so has the relative deprivation of the unemployed. This is not a policy justified by the need to maintain work incentives. It is just a dreadful record
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increased, the renamed jobseeker’s allowance had fallen to an all-time low of 10.5% of average earnings. And while, in the past, means-tested allowances raised unemployed income to a higher minimum level, the jobseeker’s allowance rates are now the same, whether means-tested or not.
Of course, average earnings have grown but so has the relative deprivation of the unemployed. This is not a policy justified by the need to maintain work incentives. It is just a dreadful record
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phones provided to call Jobseeker Direct. The textphone service for deaf and hearing-impaired people is 0845 6055 255.
Contradictive aims?
I think so. On Jobseekers Allowance you are seeking a “ job ” not a “ career “. You might seek a job that you wish to do in the future and progress from in the same industry (i.e. a typical career) or progressing up the ranks and of responsibility in different industries, however as default you need to pick 2 more job
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Benefit Fraud – If Jobseekers aren’t available in the week for work they aren’t able to defraud the system
Reduce Crime – If Jobseekers are off the streets then crime is eradicated
Reduce NEET – Jobseekers are classified as “in training” while on New Deal courses
Increase Sanctions – In just 3 months in September 2000 there were 4,519 imposed sanctions
Support the temporary job market – All the money is in temporary job
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Its official: £4 weekly travel deductions are unlawful! « Ipswich Une...
Unemployment , YMCA , a4e , jobseekers allowance — Tags: DWP , Jobcentre Plus , New Deal , ymca training — Flexible New Deal @ 10:19 am
Ipswich Unemployed Action can reveal that the £4 weekly travel deduction on New Deal is unlawful .
An intense investigation reveals that no legislation warrants this £4 taxation.
The Training allowance is mentioned in legislation but the £4 deductions is not. At current the Provider Guidance (a manual for New Deal providers)
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