Why not give UA to everyone as a non means tested basic allowance everyone is entitled to?
With virtually full employment is there a pressing need to do it at the moment? You can be sure the various unions would grind the country to a halt over this.
I do think something needs to be changed. For one signing on once a month is absurd. So easy for people to work on the side.
Hubby worked since he left school and has paid taxes in the higher bracket for that length of time. One look at his record should have shown he was a genuine case.
Funny how everyone bar one rejects the Danish model and plumps for the pittance model.
Maybe jobs are hard to get if the applicant is not willing to be flexible on what work s/he will take?Can I point out that jobs are not that easy to come by. y partner lost his job 4 months ago and it has taken him this length to get another. We live in a large town but his area would be retail management.
Fair enough surely?He did get UB but had to prove he was actively seeking work.
You mean it's too infrequent or too frequent? Do you have to sign on in person once a month? I was on UB for about 6 months a few years back and I don't remember having to attend the SW office over that period.For one signing on once a month is absurd.
But surely double checking is no harm?Hubby worked since he left school and has paid taxes in the higher bracket for that length of time. One look at his record should have shown he was a genuine case.
I thought that they were after a certain period of months? I know that I was contacted and told to attend for FAS or related interviews just before I got a new job during my period of unemployment.There are some poeple who have been on UB for a significant length of time and should be made to do FAS training etc.
You mean it's too infrequent or too frequent? Do you have to sign on in person once a month? I was on UB for about 6 months a few years back and I don't remember having to attend the SW office over that period.
I live about 1KM from the local SW office and don't remember having to sign on in person each month c. 2001/2.If you live more than 10k from the local office, you only have to sign once every three months. before this came in, you signed at the local garda station.
I think this is new because I was only referred after 6 months.Every person signing for three months is automatically referred to FAS for assessment for training under the employmant action programme.
whats the Danish model ?
What about moving to the Danish model, where UB rates are higher (e.g. 50-60% of average wages), but where the duration is shorter, and it's stricter?
I find it interesting that everyone bar me has ignored this blatantly obvious and vastly superior way of handling unemployment benefits.
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