daily signing at jobcentre

sh0597

You don't get travel costs for your fortnightly sign on, but additional signings on get paid expenses.


Ironically this means the scheme is costing the tax payer more money. Also, there are not enough "work coaches" to see these people more often than not, so they are simply having their time wasted.

Yorkie1

Thanks for the clarification sh0597.

patman99

Legally you can only sign on once every fortnight for your benefits.
Any other sign-on in between this is classed as a mandatory JC visit and thus the claimant is entitled to a full refund of traveling costs.

Unfortunately they only pay for public transport costs and not mileage for driving.

donnajunkie

koiboy wrote: »

From wednesday this week i have been put on daily signing at my local jobcentre it feels like a punishment to me is anybody else on daily signings at the jobcentre?

perhaps consider consuming curry, garlic etc alot more often. then make sure you appear to do all that is required and there could be a chance that they will soon say you dont need to sign daily anymore, we can see you do everything you should do. when really they just dont want to smell your breath anymore. make sure you claim bus fares as well.

morganedge

That's gonna be alot of money for public transport refunds, isn't it?!


If I signed on, For me it'd be about £6 per day for the bus to get to the job centre and back!

donnajunkie

michaelvintner wrote: »

It's seems like a waste of time to me but there again those of us with jobs have to get up on a daily basis and go to work. Pretty much a lot of the boll*cks we have to deal with on a daily basis is a complete waste of time as well.

no, you get a wage.

Gaz1971

starrystarry wrote: »

Not much point worrying about that when that particular flaw in the system was fixed several years ago.

Not so, it was within the last 2 years he was still claiming and HE stopped claiming to try and look a hero, instead, most people simply questioned how he qualified for benefits at all.

But hey, IDS still has his £40 a day breakfast for you to pay for, so he can keep his millions for luxuries.

Morlock

Kayalana99 wrote: »

Your not going to get any positive comments on here, end day your getting paid to not be at work.

So yes you should be at the job centre checking everyday.

Checking what every day? Daily signing does not include a job search.

Morlock

Kayalana99 wrote: »

What are the point in Job centres if they don't show you what jobs are available? Surely they must do this in some form or other? Even from these boards some people have said about applying for jobs at the job centre or face sanction ...??

I havn't been in one since just coming out of school...

Either way as above it gets you out the house ~ it gets the lazy people (not saying all job seekers are lazy !!) dressed out the house and ready to go...where as if they could just sit in the houses all day and get paid some people would.

So you are agreeing with something that you don't have a clue about, talk about shallow thinking.

Morlock

morganedge wrote: »

That's gonna be alot of money for public transport refunds, isn't it?!

Yes, it will mean a shed load of extra money in travel expenses, but that doesn't matter in an ideological, anti-welfare agenda. It creates the added bonus of more welfare spending which can then be used to beat welfare claimants over the head with in government press releases.