GAZBEROTTEN
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1.Why no more, why can they not stay longer. Presumably there will be heating and hot drinks. Might be better than having to feed the gas, electric meter.
2.Do they have to bring pack lunches. Why not set it up so they have to stay so many hours to get a token. With the token getting them a free hot meal. You could have them take turns cooking the hot meals.
3.Or make them bored to death, and sick of being patronized by stupid training providers. In time maybe utterly disheartened due to endless rejections.
4.I can see it decreasing fraud due to not being in two places at once and possibly increasing the numbers willing to do low paid short term agency work or part time work, especially if the training providers get performance related pay based on getting them off JSA.
5.Can they choose to do volunteer work for the community or charity instead. So they are giving something back to society but not being forced to partake in what they view as relentless act of futility that is destroying their self esteem. Maybe they could just apply for say two jobs a week and do the community or charity work, so they are still looking for work.
6.I thought the problem in the UK at the moment was lack of job vacancies not lack of unemployed people willing to work and looking for a job. Treating people as scroungers does not generally halt people thinking they are scroungers. It also kind of means you do have to think many of them are scroungers otherwise you would not have to treat them that way.
7.Would they get paid at least minimum wage for doing the work placement, or the same wage rate as the employed workers they are working along side off. Part of the being employed experience is actually being paid.
8.Would they be able to do community work or work for charity instead of working for companies profiting from their labour if they are not going to be paid the going rate on a par with the company's employed staff.
9.Would private companies be restricted in there use of this labour if it is cheaper than employing people.
10.How exactly does it create more jobs. You know the job vacancies for the unemployed to fill.
Right in answer to your questions
1. Yes they could choose to stay longer and of course there will be heating and hot drinks. Hot water that's about it. The state can no longer even afford to give free drinks out. Truth is all these drinks given out over the 15 year reign of the last government will of racked up quite a big bill and debt.
2. No they do not have to bring packed lunches but are welcome to do so. People JSA should cover there lunches and the state can no longer afford to keep giving people free meals. They have done this for years to the point where they can no longer afford to.
3. That is just unfortunate with the climate. However there could be a one in a blue moon for training providers to throw a small party to say thank you for attending. Would be better than nothing and wouldn't cost that much since a cheap store would be a good start.
4. Glad you see a positive side to those suggestions. People are scared of changes but they dont always end up for the worse most of the time the better. The state has to much debt now to be allowing everyone whos unemployed to live on JSA. If the unemployment debt got tackled then that would be a different story since the welfare bill wouldn't be a concern to anyone anymore.
5. Yes of course they could even i have my limits you know. I do have a heart like other people.
6. The problem is to many people on the unemployment list are not doing enough to find work and are not being asked to increase there activities. If everyone unemployed did this finding work would be made a lot easier than it is now.
7. No they would still get there JSA or benefits and once they became employed with that company they would sign of. Its not about forcing people to work in placements its about cutting down a deficit and saving money where it needs to be saved.
8. Yes they can do voluntary work and private companies as well would have a limit before they would be told they could have no more people if they didn't employ anyone and could not provide proof of a legit reason for not doing so.
9. Yes they would even i stand up to private companies who would try to abuse the free labor.
10. By keeping people active and having them search for work or out on placement keeping there cv's upto date it attracts the employers eye and also gives those people a higher chance of getting a job. And using the internet to combine all the job search websites into one super network it opens up many more jobs. A lot of jobs available are on different websites and not always the same ones which is why most people don't find work as well as they should be able to..