shish_mish@lemmy.world to United KingdomEnglish · 11 months agoBenefit claimants not seeking work to face mandatory work placementswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down10
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minus-squaremannycalaveralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months ago Benefit claimants who fail to find work for more than 18 months will have to undertake work experience placements, 18 months! 😶
minus-squareJoBolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoVery few people are unemployed for that long. This will primarily punish people who have been put on JSA when they should be on ESA because they’re too sick to work. Many because the NHS waiting lists have been allowed to explode. Pure cruelty. Which is the point, of course.
18 months! 😶
Very few people are unemployed for that long. This will primarily punish people who have been put on JSA when they should be on ESA because they’re too sick to work. Many because the NHS waiting lists have been allowed to explode.
Pure cruelty. Which is the point, of course.