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"] | 10 Comments!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"] | 51 Comments!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"] | 2 Comments!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"] | 4 Comments!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"] | 11 Comments!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'"] | 1 Comment so farSo, 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.. ?"] | 7 Comments!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"] | 3 Comments!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"] | 5 Comments!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.
["Jobcentre Plus telephone numbers"] | 2 Comments!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"] | 8 Comments!We have received reports that some Flexible New Deal providers are requesting the following evidence for the initial interview: Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) signing book (ES40) A passport, driving licence (card type with photo), birth certificate or medical card
["Flexible New Deal: providers request passport, driving licence or birth certificate"] | 17 Comments!I have been tipped off by a blog viewer about the issue with a Decision Maker trying to apply a sanction for failing to apply for a job given to her as a Jobseeker Direction which is clearly “unreasonable”.
["Jobcentre Plus: where do they get the Decision Makers from?"] | 13 Comments!Larry Lamb (famous for playing villain Archie Mitchell in EastEnders and also starring in Gavin and Stacey) is leaving EastEnders and due to star in a new BBC television documentary on unemployed designed to rival Channel 4′s attempt (Benefit Busters). The documentary is designed to follow probes into how the unemployed are treated – and [...]
["Larry Lamb from Eastenders probes A4e Gateshead"] | 1 Comment so farIn 2010 the Government’s Young Person’s Guarantee will kick in. As part of this, a Community Task Force (CTF) will become mandatory for all 18-24 year olds who have been claiming over 12 months. In January 2010, it will be optional to take part. By Spring 2010 it will become mandatory. The Community Task Force [...]
["Workfare: Community Task Force"] | 1 Comment so farSo, it has been 6 weeks since my First tier Social Security and Child Support Appeal Tribunal regarding Sanctioned Jobseekers Allowance. No sign of any payment and also no contact from DWP or Jobcentre Plus about it. Is this common for everyone who goes to an Appeal Tribunal?
["Appeal Tribunal: 6 weeks, no money"] | 3 Comments!Another Working Links Flexible New Deal complaint! Typically with New Deal and Flexible New Deal we hear how bad people are treated including overcrowded rooms and 30 hour job search per week but we do not hear much about how New Deal and Flexible New Deal providers (Flexible New Deal prime contractors and subcontractors) try [...]
["Flexible New Deal: Criticism of Dan Owens CV written by Working Links"] | 12 Comments!Another TNG Complaint So Avanta’s TNG (Training Network Group) are in the spotlight again. In Ipswich, they have been sending incorrect destination instructions to Flexible New Deal participants. Yes, failure to attend results in sanctions. Shows a map to a different place than the actual location – about half a mile difference Directs those who [...]
["Flexible New Deal: TNG Complaint – we dont know how to get there"] | 2 Comments!This is just a post on Jobcentre Plus’ constant misbehaviour of accusing its “customers” (claimants) of acting in a way different to the actual events – unsubstantiated without evidence and even have the allegiance, endurance and persistance to uphold such false allegations when the claimant has evidence to prove otherwise! As I came across a post [...]
["More Jobcentre Plus unsubstantiated false allegations…"] | 5 Comments!Finally! An update on the DWP and the New Deal £4 weekly travel deductions issue. New Deal Scandal pointed out that the £4 weekly travel deductions on New Deal was unlawful due to no legislation making provision for such taxation… and DWP have finally admitted: There is no legislation involved in this decision. The travel [...]
["New Deal Travel Deductions: DWP admits £4 deductions are unlawful"] | 17 Comments!Ever wondered what a New Deal Contract looked like? Happy New Year We have published an entire New Deal Prime Contractor contract with DWP. This is a Multi-Programme i.e. refers to each provision type the Provider has i.e. VSO, ETF, Gateway etc.
["New Deal Contract published: can you spot a breach?"] | 3 Comments!On Flexible New Deal if you should receive a letter of notification from your Flexible New Deal provider stating that they have refered you to a decision maker for a Flexible New Deal sanction for whatever reason they should enclose the following guidance called ESL48JP.
["Flexible New Deal: ESL48JP Entitlement doubt guidance"] | 1 Comment so farWe start off with two quotes from the Jobcentre Plus website: Customers New Deal Find out about New Deal, including the ‘Flexible New Deal’ programme. Jobcentre Plus offers a number of New Deal programmes to help unemployed people, particularly those who have been unemployed for a long time, people with disabilities and anyone in need [...]
["Flexible New Deal: Millions stranded in No Man's Land"] | 4 Comments!Flexible New Deal Scandal has received details of a tip off that someone with serious mental health issues is being made to attend Flexible New Deal at YMCA Training’s Dencora House this week.
["Flexible New Deal: TNG & YMCA Training approve someone with serious mental health issues to Dencora House"] | 8 Comments!You decide. Here is a list of legislation DWP has to deal with… EC TREATIES & REGULATIONS UK Declaration on meaning of “nationals” for EC purposes EC Treaty (Treaty of Rome) (extracts) Treaty on European Union (Maastricht) (extracts) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71 (migrant workers) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 574/72 (implementing procedures) Council Regulation (EEC) [...]
["Too much legislation for DWP and Jobcentre Plus?"] | No Comments: Be the first!Flexible New Deal scandal is seeking persons whom have been on New Deal recently and have had £4 weekly deductions from their travel allowances – or who are on New Deal towards the end of their course and have £4 deducted each week.
["Flexible New Deal scandal seeks travel deduction victims"] | 15 Comments!If the UKIP gets into power they have the following ideas for workfare: http://www.ukip.org/media/pdf/UKIPwelfare.pdf Appendix 3: Examples of possible Workfare schemes 1.1. Additional small scale local public projects – low skilled Litter patrols Cleaning up graffiti Snow removal on pavements in harsh weather Maintenance of parks and gardens, street furniture, railway stations, bus stops, schools, [...]
["UKIP and Workfare"] | 3 Comments!As I am now successfully added to the Indus Delta spam filters my comment is as below
["Indus Delta comment"] | 2 Comments!A Freedom of Information request states: I can confirm that from 1st April 2006 until 4th January 2010, one Welfare to Work Provider in Merseyside has had to pay back monies to DWP as a consequence of fraud. The overpayment was £146 and was the result of fraud by an individual employee of the company. [...]
["Merseyside "Welfare to Work" provider pays back £146 overpayment: employee fraud"] | 1 Comment so farFigures have been released after a Freedom of Information Act request revealing the extent of the Department for Work and Pensions own employment policies. They, however, refused to reveal how many dismissed members of staff signed on as a consequence. To summarise: 1 in 5 dismissed DWP employees sacked for Gross Misconduct 122 members of [...]
["1 in 5 DWP staff sacked for Gross Misconduct; DWP shreds 2.63% of total workforce"] | 5 Comments!Oh dear, what hope have jobseekers got with Flexible New Deal prime contractor TNG (Training Network Group) got when TNG can’t even spell “success” – so how can they provide support to jobseekers to gain success? Sucess Stories Screenshot and link inside. This was noticed on www.flexiblenewdeal.info on 10th Feb 2010!
["Flexible New Deal: TNG can't spell success – Jobseekers doomed!"] | 12 Comments!Flexible New Deal provider Reed in Partnership offers a 3 week training course called “The Journey™” (they like it so much they have acknowledged it’s a relevant aspect of their trading – although they haven’t registered it - as “The Journey” is actually a registered trademark of Manifest Abundance Ltd) which is commonly referred to [...]
["Flexible New Deal: Reed in Partnership "Journey" course"] | 2 Comments!Flexible New Deal Scandal can reveal that after an year long investigation Jobcentre Plus has been unfairly forcing jobseekers to sign off. When Income Based jobseekers receive a notification of sanction which specify dates they wont be receiving any money – the following paragraph contains a sentence specifying that they can’t pay the jobseeker any [...]
["Jobcentre Plus unlawfully forces Claimants to sign off"] | 13 Comments!New Labour POLICY requirements: Are they bullshit or not? We have recently received a very long post from “Cocheese” which in order to give it justice I have decided to give it a new post! I have linked this to the original comment page…
["New Labour POLICY requirements: Are they bullshit or not?"] | 40 Comments!DWP New Deal 13 week Course, Skills Training Ltd, Hounslow Final Report by Martin Langley to 18/12/09 We have recently received a very long comment from “Martin Langley” which in order to give it justice I have decided to give it a new post! Again, like the “Cocheese” one it is much better than most [...]
["New Deal 13 week Course, Skills Training Ltd, Hounslow"] | 1 Comment so farUnemployment action group, Ipswich Unemployed Action, has recently done the unthinkable. Ipswich Unemployed Action have managed to advise and support YMCA Training into delivering their financial annual accounts with Companies House.
["Ipswich Unemployed Action helps YMCA Training file their accounts"] | No Comments: Be the first!Only 3 weeks left until Jobcentre Plus job search is completely replaced with the direct.gov job search system. This site is closing on 31 March 2010. All jobs found on this site are available on the DirectGov website. Find a job now using the jobs and skills search Please save ‘jobs and skills’ as one [...]
["Jobcentre Plus Job Search: 3 weeks left"] | 1 Comment so farSo, Flexible New Deal providers can give you a fixed sanction… actually they can give variable sanctions too. There is some confusion as to the extent of their powers. Flexible New Deal scandal is going to explain the legalities around this and the people who are able to direct people and who can raise sanction [...]
["Flexible New Deal: Who can award sanction doubts?"] | 14 Comments!Well, we haven’t run on the Work for Your Benefits (workfare) yet. Apparently one of the businesses shortlisted to run the scheme is TBG Learning. Has anyone heard of them? What does TBG stand for?
["TBG Learning to run workfare pilots?"] | No Comments: Be the first!The Government launched a several event initiative to get Young People back into employment – although the career fair (not a job fair) was advertised on the radio as an event for those who have never worked before. Flexible New Deal Scandal has collate some feedback from the Ipswich event.
["Backing Young Britain — Careers Fair feedback"] | 3 Comments!The Government’s Work for Your Benefit (“workfare”) scheme has been uprated from Mild Servitude to Slavery. Providers of the scheme are able to lease out their participants to private businesses in return for money.
["Work for Your Benefit: providers to sell workfare victims to private businesses?"] | 9 Comments!We recently reported that Work for Your Benefit providers can sell workfare participants to businesses. This post is focused more on the amounts of money the working “slaves” will receive and the providers income; another post will be for the mistreatment and other concerns. We are using the figures mentioned in Jobseekers Allowance isn’t enough!
["Work for Your Benefit is Slavery"] | 14 Comments!Jobcentre Plus gives reason for this new legislation of Welfare Reform to sanction jobseekers, as to cover administration costs of closing down claims and reopening them. Apparently 12,000 Jobseekers have their claims closed every month for this reason and get a 2 day sanction. I worked it out (taking an average of both Jobseeker’s Allowance [...]
["Jobcentre Plus says administration costs of closing and reopening claims cost up to £130 each time"] | 3 Comments!Ministers have managed to implement an projected £530 million saving to Flexible New Deal Phase 2 after reducing the estimated referrals of long-term unemployed persons by around half. This means that contracts will fall in value. The largest Phase 2 contract is for East London which was worth £130 million over 5 years and is [...]
["Flexible New Deal Phase 2 set for meltdown?"] | 1 Comment so farI was never a fan of the old Jobcentre Plus job search website although I used it regularly to seek employment. Many issues with it included: Although the job reference code is passed within the page URL; when the site timeout within a few minutes it forgets what job advert/search you were doing and begins [...]
["Direct.gov.uk: why the new job search website needs to be replaced"] | 12 Comments!
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