tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post8736961061227574382..comments2024-03-04T15:23:07.880+00:00Comments on Northern Voices: Graduate forced onto Government work-for-dole scheme, takes legal action!Blanco Posnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11288856212231100137noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-1055113066194406522012-01-31T20:43:22.232+00:002012-01-31T20:43:22.232+00:00I am surprised that, for anyone working, they shou...I am surprised that, for anyone working, they should support that any company should delude itself with the belief that they can simply replace Salaried Staff Positions, saving themselves Salary/Tax/National Insurance approaching £20K-£30K per annum with an Unpaid Internship or Work Placement for the Unemployed. The person placed has to be supported by the Bank of Mam and Dad or Taxpayer if unemployed at £15K per annum per job. Plus they end up occupying a job which could easily be filled by someone who is unemployed, again a £15K per annum per job cost to the State.<br /><br />Lets not be naive here.... the total cost to the system when one salaried job is replaced is about £50K-£60K per annum per job.<br /><br />In the case of Poundshop, they could continue to recruit the unemployed to do the job, and the cost to the system would not simply be £50K-£60K per annum, but multiples of this figure.<br /><br />Now... just who precisely is complicit in deceit, and perpetrating a defacto fraud on the UK System.<br /><br />Further, how many full time staff at Poundship, working for less than £15K per annum, also apply for Working Tax Credit, another taxpayer subsidy for low paid employers.<br /><br />The Government should terminate the Work Programme with immediate effect, and leave employers to their own devices... if they want to recruit staff, they can pay the Market Rate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-43706868862806428062012-01-24T15:53:17.090+00:002012-01-24T15:53:17.090+00:00I was saddened by the sheer outpouring of venom to...I was saddened by the sheer outpouring of venom towards Cait but not surprised. Unfortunately, the knee-jerk response to any headline containing the words "graduate" and "sue" together is always going to be that it's just another self entitled graduate. That's not to say that I think this lawsuit will go anywhere, I don't and I think she's probably damaged her chances if anything.<br /><br />But it's unfair to dismiss her as self entitled because she's not. She clearly wants to work. She didn't turn down a placement when she had nothing else, she had already made her own (relevant) arrangements. She didn't turn down paid work. She didn't turn down a placement that would have led to paid work. And she didn't turn down a placement that would have given her any additional experience, as she already had experience in retail. (So accusing her of thinking that retail is below her, that nothing but the best <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.graduate-jobs.com/">graduate jobs</a> are good enough isn't fair either)<br /><br />Personally, I think she has a right to be angry. I would be too. Whether or not she's right to sue remains to be seen.Nicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043332942481206469.post-63613876616653789872012-01-18T10:26:52.436+00:002012-01-18T10:26:52.436+00:00From the perspective of someone that works I can s...From the perspective of someone that works I can say that I agree with the governments work-for-dole scheme. However, I do feel that people should only be forced to work to keep their benefits if they have been out of work for over 1 year. <br /><br />It will serve to help with the social aspects of the persons life as well as they may feel depressed and choose not to leave home much which would only be detrimental.company debt advicehttp://www.cmopanydebt.comnoreply@blogger.com