Is there a lack of low paid jobs across the country?

lickybits

theres lots of minimum wage jobs round where i live there just not worth taking

Morglin

Doesn't look as though these much lauded Work Programmes have achieved much with job seeking, either:

"Just 48,000 people have found long-term jobs under the government's flagship work programme during its near three-year life, official figures have revealed.

The statistic calls into question the efficacy of a system the government has insisted would help millions back into work

The 48,000 figure – revealed in data published by the Department for Work and Pensions – refers to the number of people who have found jobs through the scheme and stayed in them long enough to merit the maximum bonus paid to contractors for their remaining in employment.

But figures released by the department in November last year showed that in the year to October 2013, unemployed people were sanctioned for "misconduct" 242,973 times.

The sanctions imposed in the 12 months after the DWP overhaul of the system in October 2012 were for "failure to participate in a scheme for assisting person to obtain employment without good reason".


http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/21/work-programme-creates-48000-long-term-jobs-three-years

Lin :whistle:

Buellguy

Lots of NMW jobs here in the NW, unfortunately, most of them seem to be for 16 hrs per week spread over 4-5 days, hmmmmmm

falko89

Buellguy wrote: »

Lots of NMW jobs here in the NW, unfortunately, most of them seem to be for 16 hrs per week spread over 4-5 days, hmmmmmm

Well I am sort of noticing this myself, I should of said full time work 35/40 hrs/pw, We have things for shop work, 4 hrs per week, care work 8hrs per week.

Buellguy

falko89 wrote: »

Well I am sort of noticing this myself, I should of said full time work 35/40 hrs/pw, We have things for shop work, 4 hrs per week, care work 8hrs per week.

Yep, loads of that stuff round here as well