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Originally Posted by joglynne
I am sure that nearly everyone reading this thread is well aware of the position you and your colleagues at Albert Dock find yourselves in and I think that, in the main, we all realise that the very few of you will be in a position to apply for a job at Swansea let alone be offered a position if you did so.
I do think Richard has quoted a lot of the benefit regulations accurately but the problem with his posts is that he has failed to grasp that something that can be quoted as a fact is only of use if it is also relevant. I would be interested to hear what relevant experience Richard has regarding his having had to cope with redundancy and what advise he could give to the people who are actually the subject of this thread as apposed to the 'on your bike, no benefits for you!' attitude he has shown so far.
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I posted the benefit regulations to correct some irregularities of an earlier post and because, unfortunately, they may be pertinent to some VM staff in the future.
My advice would be to keep calm, don't act like a wronged child as one poster appears to be doing, accept all the help available from VM. The DWP are also available for help, through their network of Jobcentre+ offices. Their advice is free and confidential.
I do think that it is reasonable for people to move to where work is available in some circumstances. As well as the cost to the taxpayer, there is also the social/human cost. I have been to communities where the majority of people are unemployed. They are like war torn countries, blighted by crime, drugs and social disorder.
People often focus on the cost of the unemployed, or the fact that working people resent them for their perceived idleness, but it is a much larger picture than that.
I am particularly concerned about young people leaving education and going straight onto JSA. They get used to the lifestyle and many drift into crime and drugs or waste their lives. Their is a lot of truth to the saying "the devil finds work for idle hands".
Their are some families where the grandparents, children and grandchildren have never worked. Once a family lose the work ethic, it is very difficult to get it back.
I am of the opinion that, because of the neglect shown in this area during previous recessions, that this has contributed to what we know view as the "chav" or "underclass" culture and all the problems that that entails.
Urgent measures are being considered to provide subsidies to employers to get our young people back into work for this very reason.