Claiming JSA - apprenticeship refusal

gettingready

Well, JC organised it.

She just called me that she was 5 min late for her appointment at JC - they told her to wait.

Her usual adviser from hell is not there, she is seeing someone else so perhaps it will be ok and they won't sanction her for being late due to an interview they have scheduled so close (timewise) to her JC appointment time.

gettingready

Ok so.....

Interview re slave labour went well, the college person asked my daughter why on earth did JC send her to him, nodded his head, signed the paperwork and told my daughter that with her qualifiactions/experience he is NOT going to be forcing her into £101.00 per week slave wages for a job she has experience with as was doing for a proper wage before - but will tell JC that he did. All good here.

JC - unfortunately her adviser from hell was in today and asked a lot about the interview but has to go by whetever the college comes back with so again all good.

Treevo

gettingready wrote: »

Ok so.....

Interview re slave labour went well, the college person asked my daughter why on earth did JC send her to him, nodded his head, signed the paperwork and told my daughter that with her qualifiactions/experience he is NOT going to be forcing her into £101.00 per week slave wages for a job she has experience with as was doing for a proper wage before - but will tell JC that he did. All good here.

JC - unfortunately her adviser from hell was in today and asked a lot about the interview but has to go by whetever the college comes back with so again all good.

It's not 'slave' anything I highly doubt that the interviewer referred to it as such.

gettingready

Well he did. He works for the College. It may be ok for College kids or people with no experience/education/qualifications but in my daughter's case it would be slave labour and on this basis he referred to it as such. He also said he is fed up with JC sending people over to him when clearly this is not a good idea in most cases and JB should do proper needs/gains assesement before sending people on to him en masse.

gettingready

Not sure why would you be surprised that deep inside this whole madness - someone somewhere has some sense to see reason?

RichardD1970

Slaves don't get paid, that is the whole thing about slavery!

So "slave wages" is an oxymoron.

As already pointed out this hyperbole about slave this and slave that does nothing for you and just gets people's backs up.

gettingready

No, it does nothing for me, neither it does aything at all for people forced into those "schemes", you are absolutely right here.

Under £3.00 per hour, in London - with massive travel costs to/from work and generally high prices of everything.. how far would 101 per week take anyone?

Let me refraze from slave wages to starvation wages - if it makes you feel any better?

BTW - who's backs are up? And why exactly?

Would YOU work for under £3.00 per hour?

kizzie_nikita

gettingready wrote: »

No, it does nothing for me, neither it does aything at all for people forced into those "schemes", you are absolutely right here.

Under £3.00 per hour, in London - with massive travel costs to/from work and generally high prices of everything.. how far would 101 per week take anyone?

Let me refraze from slave wages to starvation wages - if it makes you feel any better?

BTW - who's backs are up? And why exactly?

Would YOU work for under £3.00 per hour?

Points in bold.
1)Further than £56 a week for under 25s.
2)Countless people do apprenticeships for £3 an hour.

Not saying she should, or has to, but you sound as if it's the worst thing in the world being asked of her.

Wait until she has to do 30 hours a week unpaid work experience at a charity shop for her dole.

gettingready

kizzie_nikita wrote: »

Points in bold.
1)Further than £56 a week for under 25s.
2)Countless people do apprenticeships for £3 an hour.

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re 1) People on JSA of £56 per week - they do not have travelling expenses and other expenses related to working full time which will eat up any difference. £101 minu £56 = £45.00 "extra" per week. In London, weekly travelcards zones 1-3 is £35.60, the remining £9.50 "extra" will not pay for extra clothes/shoes for work.

re 2) Sure, people with no experience/qualifications as a starting point

RichardD1970

gettingready wrote: »

Would YOU work for under £3.00 per hour?

When I started work (many moons ago, I know) I was on a YTS, paid £30 for a 37hr week (81p ish per hour). So, been there done that.

It was a foot in the door and lead to a full time, well paid job with good promotion prospects.

Anyway it is a moot point, she wasn't suitable for the position (as advised by many people on here) so all your weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth were for nothing.