tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post5339213453040897603..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: You win some, you lose someUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-19216487719304683802012-11-20T15:12:30.473-08:002012-11-20T15:12:30.473-08:00Having just read the bizarre job description, it s...Having just read the bizarre job description, it sounds like it could be a job for Malcolm Tucker. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-47797389952975041372012-11-20T14:14:57.425-08:002012-11-20T14:14:57.425-08:00Well Well.. something odd happened..I was doing my...Well Well.. something odd happened..I was doing my usual trawl of a4e stuff and i actually come across an article http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=174361<br /><br />About the wisconsin scheme, essentially the work programme run by a4e/amin Maimon argues that it makes little difference, because one of the main problems in Israel is that there are not enough jobs out there, especially for the chronically unemployed and the discriminated-against Arab sector – a fact, she said, the Wisconsin Plan failed to acknowledge.<br /><br />According to Maimon, ACRI received many complaints from participants showing how those running the program would send people to work in inappropriate and low-paying jobs, just to get them off of welfare.<br /><br />“People ended up getting part-time jobs for very low wages and would end up losing their benefits or having to spend hours at the centers doing nothing, just to get their income support,” Maimon said.<br /><br />“The main problem with the government is that instead of focusing on improving the job market, all the emphasis for finding work is on the unemployed,” she said. “There is simply not enough work placements for people.”The Anonymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910309623471217302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-78476606262785613532012-11-19T08:13:53.074-08:002012-11-19T08:13:53.074-08:00Interesting. My advisor knows I have experience at...Interesting. My advisor knows I have experience at that kind of thing (plus the political connections through my voluntary work), so should I be awaiting an email requesting that I apply for the PA job? And if I don't get one, is the advisor failing in their duty? <br /><br />I like the wording though, "challenging role at an exciting time for the organisation" - it'll be hard work sorting out the company's bad reputation and we need someone to blame if things don't go as we hoped.Pollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-30615967220881684532012-11-19T06:06:48.905-08:002012-11-19T06:06:48.905-08:00Well, I confess that I'd never heard of CLAC&#...Well, I confess that I'd never heard of CLAC's but isn't it just typical that A4e should have got its mucky little fingers in the pie?<br />What would happen if I went to a CLAC (as the only source of impartial legal advice) to ask about pursueing a claim against A4e???<br />No conflict of interest there then?Gissajobnoreply@blogger.com