Australia’s welfare mutual obligations do not improve likelihood of employment, job agencies say

Exclusive: both privatised job providers and employers are unsatisfied with the regime, a draft report says

Privatised job agencies concluded welfare mutual obligations did not improve the likelihood of employment" for jobseekers in unreleased evidence to a government-commissioned review of the Disability Employment Services (Des) program.

Guardian Australia on Thursday revealed a report by Boston Consulting Group had found recent reforms to the $1bn a year scheme had delivered a windfall to privatised job agencies but not improved outcomes for the unemployed.