Download or read book Unemployment and Jobseeking After the Introduction of Jobseeker s Allowance written by Stephen McKay and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on interviews with 4,777 unemployed respondents conducted in autumn 1997, one year after the introduction of the Jobseeker's Allowance. Discusses the social and demographic characteristics of jobseekers, their understanding of the rules and obligations under the Jobseeker's Agreement, their contact with employment services and job searching techniques.
Download or read book Activating the Unemployed written by Neil Gilbert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decade has witnessed a conspicuous alteration in policies protecting unemployed people in modern welfare states. Social policies are increasingly designed to encourage economic independence. Policy makers have introduced a wide range of reforms linking disability, unemployment, and welfare programs cash benefits to work-oriented measures.Welfare policies are being framed by a new emphasis on recipients' obligations, emphasizing that the receipt of benefits creates a responsibility to take action towards becoming self-reliant. The objective is to minimize the duration of dependence or improve the well-being of family or community. Activating the Unemployed addresses this growing interest in work-oriented measures. This represents a shift in the dominant discourse on social welfare from focus on the citizen's rights to social benefits to emphasis on their responsibilities to work and lead an active life. In this volume, a distinguished array of international contributors provide cross-cultural perspectives to analyze recent diverse policy initiatives to activate the unemployed in nine countries-Britain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each provides a systematic account of the background, design, implementation, and results of employment-oriented measures. Collectively they permit comparison of organized responses to common problems in the areas of public assistance (welfare), unemployment, and disability, among others. Further chapters seek to broaden perspectives on policy options, the issues raised, and lessons learned in the course of activating the unemployed. This thorough and insightful account addresses significant contemporary issues and concerns about welfare, social security, and unemployment. It will aid policy makers, professionals, and scholars in assessing current trends in welfare in various countries throughout the world.
Download or read book Unemployment and Jobseeking Before Jobseeker s Allowance written by Stephen McKay and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluating Jobseeker s Allowance written by Elizabeth Rayner and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the reaction of job seekers to the linkage between allowances and job seeking activity.
Download or read book Understanding the Impact of Jobseeker s Allowance written by Alison Smith and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book People who are Unemployed written by New Zealand. Income Support and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Traipsing After a Job written by Trades Union Congress. Economic and Social Affairs Department and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bringing the Jobless into Work written by Werner Eichhorst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social assistance in selected European countries and the United States. A particular focus lies on the development of activation schemes, governance and implementation as well as on the outcomes of activation in terms of labor market and social integration. The volume is the first to address these issues both from a socio-economic and a legal perspective.
Download or read book Unemployment and Jobseeking written by Heather Trickey and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Desperately Seeking a Job written by Iain Murray and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unemployment and Training Rights Handbook written by Balbir Chatrik and published by . This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Turning Up the Heat written by Unemployment Unit & Youthaid and published by . This book was released on 1994-09 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Not Looking for Work written by Andrew Baker and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the global financial crisis, the incumbent Labor government introduced policies that reduced the job search requirements for people on unemployment benefits. As a result, there are now around 350,000 people receiving unemployment benefits who are classified as &‘non-jobseekers', meaning that they are not required to look for work. People on welfare who are not required to look for work will stay on welfare for longer. Furthermore, because people who would otherwise be looking for work are no longer doing so, the government policy change likely had an impact on the unemployment rate in the immediate aftermath of the global financial crisis. The rise of non-jobseekers on unemployment benefits provides a partial explanation for the unusually low unemployment rate following the financial crisis.
Download or read book The introduction of the Work programme written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Work Programme was introduced quickly, in just over a year, and this has had benefits, but the speed with which it was launched has also increased risks. The Programme, which replaces virtually all of the existing 'welfare to work' schemes, has a number of innovative design features that address weaknesses in previous schemes. Providers are paid primarily for the results they achieve in supporting people into employment so what the provider earns is tied to performance. However, assumptions about the feasibility of the Programme might be over-optimistic. The NAO's analysis suggests that 26 per cent of the largest group of job seekers in the Programme will get jobs, compared to the Department's estimate of 40 per cent. Some contractors in areas of high unemployment may struggle to meet nationally set targets. Neither were alternatives to the Programme considered as part of the business case, nor was it piloted to test assumptions. It has so far cost £63 million to terminate existing welfare to work contracts, including contracts with ten providers that went on to win contracts for the Programme. Two former contractors have not yet agreed settlements. The IT project to support the Programme is not fully functional and the Department will not be able, until March 2012 at the earliest, to carry out automatic checks to confirm that people who find work have stopped claiming benefits. Fewer clients than expected are being referred onto the Programme as part of the 'harder-to-help' category. Some have been found to be 'fit for work' and switched into other categories and it is taking the Department longer to process assessments and appeals
Download or read book How the Government Measures Unemployment written by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of the Macroeconomic Impact of Jobcentre Plus and Jobseeker s Allowance New Deals written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Employers Look for when Recruiting the Unemployed and Inactive written by Becci Newton and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study (80 pages) examined the evidence relating to what employers are looking for when recruiting unemployed / inactive people, and the extent to which government provision meets their needs. The following questions were examined: What sort of characteristics, skills and qualifications do employers look for when recruiting employees? How important are qualifications to employers? Are employers more interested in soft skills/employability skills? If so, how do employers recognise soft skills in the interview process and afterwards? Table of contents: * Summary * What employers look for when recruiting unemployed and inactive people * Introduction and definitions * Findings from the academic, policy and evaluation literature (Key findings. Skills and employment in the UK economy. The demand for skills. The range of skills) * Regional, sectoral and occupational differences in recruitment demand (Regional perspective. Sectoral perspective. Occupational perspective. Unemployment and hard-to-fill and skills-shortage. Vacancies) * The characteristics, skills and qualifications employers look for when recruiting (Characteristics. Skills. Qualifications) * The role of qualifications in recruitment (The importance of qualifications. What qualifications demonstrate. Industry dimensions to the importance of qualifications) * The role of soft skills and how these are measured in recruitment (The importance of soft skills to employers. Measuring soft skills in the recruitment process. Informal assessment of soft skills. Formal assessment of soft skills) * Recruiting from different groups (Older people. Young people) * Conclusions * Expert views of employers' needs on recruitment (Key findings. The characteristics, skills and qualifications employers look for when recruiting. Characteristics and skill requirements. The value attached by employers to qualifications. Employers' views on recruiting unemployed or inactive people. Employers' views of training. Summary) * Appendix Discussion guide for expert interviews * Table 1.1 Terms used in the evidence search * Table 1.2 Understanding qualification levels * Table 1.3 Examples of job roles in occupational categories * Table 2.1 Different skills types referred to in this report * Table 2.2 Employability skills framework summary * Table 2.3 Critical skills required in recruitment, by occupation (per cent).
