Job seekers could have welfare stopped under ‘onerous’ new points-based system, advocates warn
by Luke Henriques-Gomes from World news | The Guardian on (#601YP)
Mutual obligations system will require people to complete an expanded range of activities to keep their payments
Welfare advocates have warned job seekers may have their payments suspended under a new points-based mutual obligations system because of unnecessarily onerous" requirements.
The points-based activation system", to be introduced from 1 July, replaces the rigid 20 job applications a month requirement that has frustrated job seekers and employers for many years.
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