Archive for November, 2009
Posted on November 30th, 2009.
How much do you think Jobcentre Plus’ failed job system costs per year to run? £1 million? £5 million? £10 million? No… the Labour Market System (LMS) costs £39, 663, 300 per year to run. The Department for Work and Pensions didn’t want to disclose the initial setup costs of the Labour Market System under [...]
["Welfare Reform: Jobcentre Plus needs to scrap its £40m per year Labour Market System"] |
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Posted on November 27th, 2009.
Jobcentre Plus contact details: telephone numbers Soon all Jobcentre Plus phone numbers will be 0845 numbers. Flexible New Deal Scandal has listed the old/current numbers.
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Posted on November 27th, 2009.
We recently reported about a TNG Flexible New Deal complaint about: Faking paperwork – forcing participants to sign to say TNG have done stuff they haven’t. Lack of equipment – didn’t have a cd/dvd drive to obtain someones CV from CD ROM. No contact details – Jobcentre Plus not giving address or phone number of the [...]
["Flexible New Deal: TNG will never change"] |
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Posted on November 27th, 2009.
351 Jobcentre Plus advertised jobs were in the Adult Entertainment Industry Between August 2007 and July 2008 Jobcentre Plus advertised 2.26 million job vacancies, 351 vacancies existed in this period as in the Adult Entertainment industry for jobs such as adult model, adult entertainment presenter, stripper, adult phone chat services and cam girl this equates [...]
["351 Jobcentre Plus advertised jobs were in the Adult Entertainment Industry"] |
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Posted on November 26th, 2009.
Another TNG Flexible New Deal complaint! Flexible New Deal scandal can report there is another complaint about TNG and Flexible New Deal…
["Oh dear, another TNG Flexible New Deal complaint!"] |
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Posted on November 25th, 2009.
So, Darren Marsh has been back to our site requesting another censorship! Is it number 4, number 5? I am loosing track on the attempts. Let’s not forget they managed to shut down the original Watching A4e website before too and I am sure many more others!
["A4e attempts another censorship… number 5.. ?"] |
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Posted on November 24th, 2009.
The Word on the Street is that TNG (which stands for The Next Generation (Star Trek), Tongue, The Naked Gun, Training, Trade Negotiating Group, Transitional National Government or Training Network Group – we don’t know their website doesn’t tell us) has the following plans for Flexible New Deal delivery. We can’t specify its accuracy as it [...]
["Flexible New Deal: TNG"] |
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Posted on November 23rd, 2009.
Working Links: Another Flexible New Deal complaint Flexible New Deal Scandal is updated with another complaint about the Government’s newly “improved” version of the original New Deal scheme (as renamed Flexible New Deal). The provider is Working Links….
["Flexible New Deal: another complaint… (Working Links)"] |
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Posted on November 21st, 2009.
New Deal Scandal has learnt that numerous jobseekers who have been advised by Jobcentre Plus that a Flexible New Deal provider shall be contacting them within 2 weeks by phone or post have not heard anything from the Flexible New Deal provider.
["Flexible New Deal: Providers not contacting clients"] |
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Posted on November 20th, 2009.
When someone requested a list of the Flexible New Deal phase 1 subcontractors from the Department for Work and Pensions, considering that a) the contracts have been awarded and b) that the Flexible New Deal prime contractors have to disclose the subcontractors with the DWP; you would have thought such a request would have been [...]
["Flexible New Deal subcontractors 'not readily available'"] |
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Posted on November 11th, 2009.
Flexible New Deal: Mandatory Work Related Activity So… under Flexible New Deal there is a minimum requirement of 4 weeks of continuous fulltime “work related activity” compared to under New Deal an optional at Provider discretion 10 weeks of work experience on average (10 weeks takes account of one day a weeks jobsearch which hasn’t [...]
["Flexible New Deal: Mandatory Work Related Activity"] |
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Posted on November 11th, 2009.
Flexible New Deal Sanction Register In the next few weeks we will be launching a Flexible New Deal Sanction Register where jobseekers on Flexible New Deal who have received either a Flexible New Deal fixed sanction or variable sanction can register it so other jobseekers can view it. This is not official – [...]
["Flexible New Deal Sanction Register"] |
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Posted on November 11th, 2009.
Flexible New Deal: Decision Maker exchanging information with Providers What I feel is inappropriate is the Jobcentre Plus Decision Maker will exchange the following types of information with the Provider: Whether the Decision Maker has sanctioned someone or not All information about a participants Appeal and whether it is successful or not I don’t agree [...]
["Flexible New Deal: Decision Maker exchanging information with Providers"] |
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Posted on November 9th, 2009.
Jobcentre Plus Benefit Delivery Centre Phone Numbers Aberdeen 0845 608 8749 Arbroath 0845 600 1506 / 0845 608 8749 Barnsley 0845 608 8560 Basildon 0845 608 8575 Bathgate 0845 608 8630 Belfast 0845 608 8770 / 0845 603 5759 Birkenhead 0845 608 8529 Bolton 0845 608 8531 Bradford 0845 608 8556 Bristol 0845 608 8597 [...]
["Jobcentre Plus Benefit Delivery Centre Phone Numbers"] |
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Posted on November 9th, 2009.
Warning about new Jobseeker Agreements OK, this is not entirely new but Jobseekers might not be aware of the difference in their Jobseeker’s Agreement(JSAg) if they modify it or if they are creating a new one for a new claim.
["Warning about new Jobseeker Agreements"] |
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Posted on November 8th, 2009.
Flexible New Deal: a scrounger witch hunt! Dan Owen from Claimants Action South Wales posted a very interesting comment on New Deal Scandal .co.uk blog stating Flexible New Deal is worse than New Deal and Employment Zones, and the sole intention of Flexible New Deal being a witch hunt for scroungers. I agree with him, but [...]
["Flexible New Deal: a scrounger witch hunt!"] |
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Posted on November 8th, 2009.
Flexible New Deal: first complaint, first of many? Only in its second month participants are already complaining about Flexible New Deal. Sorry to mislead with the publish date much later, this complaint was actually made within 2 weeks of Flexible New Deal. The complaint is about the mistreatment of one participant with Working Links. I [...]
["Flexible New Deal: first complaint, first of many?"] |
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Posted on November 7th, 2009.
Flexible New Deal: A step back from New Deal? New Deal VSO Vs Flexible New Deal Although people’s experiences have varied the general idea of the Voluntary Sector Option New Deal scheme was an induction week focusing on CV’s and Application Forms with mild team bulding and job search activity, and 12 weeks of work [...]
["Flexible New Deal: A step back from New Deal?"] |
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Posted on November 7th, 2009.
Flexible New Deal Guidance Customer identity checks/fraud action 14.14. It is important that in any communications with customers you verify the customers identity, ensuring that you are satisfied the customer is who they say they are. These checks could include asking the customer to state their: full name; date of birth; address; and National Insurance [...]
["Flexible New Deal: Customer identity checks"] |
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Posted on November 1st, 2009.
Flexible New Deal Flexible New Deal: What you can expect and what we expect from you (FND1 10/09) Page 2 Jobcentre Plus and The Pension Service and the Disability and Carers Service are all part of the Department for Work and Pensions. Each part delivers services to different groups of people, but the whole [...]
["Flexible New Deal: what you can expect and what we expect from you"] |
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