tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post4684880607869748694..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: A lesson from BradfordUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-61822319574063923452011-04-01T03:58:46.936-07:002011-04-01T03:58:46.936-07:00"Today we will be setting out a completely ne..."Today we will be setting out a completely new way of helping people off benefits and getting them back into work."<br /><br />April 1st joke?Simonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-22512673208259662952011-03-31T10:29:05.564-07:002011-03-31T10:29:05.564-07:00Well the hours I stated on my original agreement ...Well the hours I stated on my original agreement a good few years ago were Monday to Friday, daytime. The Agreement was as I said only updated recently.<br /><br />No way would I endanger my life/health working nights in say Brixton. I am a diabetic, normal routine is an essential part of keeping me alive.<br /><br />Anyway it is Anonymous that originally asked the question. I am very close to state pension.<br /><br />.Simonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-8295317023116821082011-03-31T06:39:04.252-07:002011-03-31T06:39:04.252-07:00Simone, you can only restrict your availability fo...Simone, you can only restrict your availability for work hours (always advisable to do so) for the duration of your "permitted period" i.e the first 13 weeks of your claim.Ilse Kochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-14338974212202520612011-03-31T03:33:05.350-07:002011-03-31T03:33:05.350-07:00You are expected to travel for up to one and a hal...You are expected to travel for up to one and a half hours to your job! In London there is Journey Planner on London Transports website which The Job Centre uses so you cannot bluff it, perish the thought!Simonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-15468979313506272812011-03-30T23:46:47.447-07:002011-03-30T23:46:47.447-07:00What I meant was that the Jobcentre can insist tha...What I meant was that the Jobcentre can insist that you apply for jobs, but that isn't the same as making you take a job. An employer has to offer you the job first.historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-37637030314176669562011-03-30T16:30:52.543-07:002011-03-30T16:30:52.543-07:00I'd be inclined to agree with Simone on this o...I'd be inclined to agree with Simone on this one. There is also a limit of how much time you could be expected to spend commuting to a job. As well as the the availability of public transport.Trotskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-14297781902218210782011-03-30T11:21:51.591-07:002011-03-30T11:21:51.591-07:00Not quite sure that you are right Historian. I st...Not quite sure that you are right Historian. I stated on my first Jobseekers Agreement form the hours I was prepared to work. I have just looked and at the revised one I recently signed, the hours section has been left blank ..... Oh dear. Check Anonymous what your Agreement says in that sectionSimobenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-55678350024808215782011-03-30T09:55:39.131-07:002011-03-30T09:55:39.131-07:00They can insist that you apply for all these sorts...They can insist that you apply for all these sorts of jobs.historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-22679388876251257482011-03-30T09:42:53.772-07:002011-03-30T09:42:53.772-07:00Can a jobcenter advisor make a person take a part ...Can a jobcenter advisor make a person take a part time job, can they make a person work nights, can they make a person take shift work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-62533384785886444342011-03-30T04:06:55.666-07:002011-03-30T04:06:55.666-07:00Office for National Statistics reveals first drop....Office for National Statistics reveals first drop...<br /><br />This is being discussed on Radio 4 on Yours And Yours at the moment.Simonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-65342133127612680602011-03-27T14:17:43.108-07:002011-03-27T14:17:43.108-07:00Call me cynical, but I think our our present gover...Call me cynical, but I think our our present government, like the previous one, have learned tht the UK has a deadbeat economy which is totally incapable of generating the kind of growth needed to produce enough decent quality jobs. <br /><br />Instead were confronted with more and more low paid part-time temporary jobs often without a pension and any job security. <br /><br />I'm sure many of you will disagree, the government would rather give taxpayers money to private companies like A4e, who have failed miserably time and time again, to continue the illusion that they're doing something to reduce unemployment. And those that don't want to work only have themselves to blame. And whilst that may be true of a very small minority it is not a tru reflection of the majority of the unemployed. <br /><br />Whilst at the same time they have their friends in the right wing press constantly demonising the unemployed as scroungers and benefit cheats. Last year some 70 million pounds was spent advertising benefit cheats, yet only 600k was spent advertising tax avoidance. Even the government's own figures put benefit fraud at less than 1% most of the money they lose is from clerical errors by the DWP!<br /><br />When was the last time you read a story in the media about unemployed people doing voluntary work.The Teflon Donnoreply@blogger.com