David Cameron has said that if the Conservatives win the election, young people aged 18-21 who are out of work, education or training for six months will have to do unpaid community work which would be mandatory, from the first day of claiming benefits.
They would be required to do at least 30 hours a week of community work like making meals for old people or working for charities, alongside 10 hours of job hunting. Mr Cameron said this would ensure the youngsters “don’t get sucked into a life on welfare”.
Labour has responded by saying these will not be real jobs and are of no use. David Miliband has said that Labour would instead offer a compulsory jobs guarantee for anyone who is young and unemployed and it would be paid for by a new tax on banker’s bonuses.
What are your views? Could this be an effective way to incentivise young people to seek work and earn their benefits at the same time? Where will a Labour government find all these paid jobs? If you were in power what solution would you offer?
On this subject young people should work for their benefits but not for 30 hours per week. They need time to look for "proper" work. It is very time consuming applying for work. They run the risk of being stuck in a low paid job and wasting their talents.
When I was young anyone who didn't work was looked down on.
People on benifit are now the middle class in society as a lot of them claim more than people in work.
We need to stop giving money to people who have not paid into the system. This would stop a lot of immigration.
If I couldn't find a job I would have to do charity work just for my own self esteem.
We have enough litter and fly tipping which needs cleaning up.
It seems now they bring people into the Country from abroad to do this and give them a home and a load of benefits.
What on earth has gone wrong with society today?
I think globalisation should be the same everywhere in the E.U or have I got this wrong?
I think we have the same work ethic but the world has gone barmy.
Globalisation is an ideology that will never work.
1 ensure if doing volunteer work that volunteer are in included within equality act and working time legislation to prevent abuse
2 that hours worked should be equal to money substitution Inc travelling etc
3 when doing community work that they are protected In all aspects
4 that dc should Def do his maths where is a young person possibly suffering learning diffs or mh going to be able to manage a 30 hour work and 10 STUDY. For work without a lot of work protection support advice actually everything you could get before swinging cuts took away much of this help
This in theory for those who were brought up to work seems correct but let's face it we could get jobs then I can see exploiting and abuse and some rich paymasters and don't forget the invisible parent who will also have to cope
I have never been on the dole in my life, never received any type of benefits from any government in the past 72 years.
Disabled people like myself will shortly have to pay for disabled parking places at hospitals, this money will definitely help those who are not genuinely out of work because of disabilities, but the scroungers will also benefit. Is this right.????
I think that there should be a proviso that no-one else looses their job because of the 'free' labour and that they do't do anything that would require a CRB check. The culture of something for nothing needs to end. Those of us who have worked and contributed all our lives should not be supporting people capable of working!
So Mr Miliband is saying that those that those kind of jobs, ie cleaning toilets in a hospital , it wasn't a proper job?.i am incensed.!
I worded with a young man doing just this all one summer while waiting to go to Uni... His heart was in the right place.,
No thank you I don't want your government. Mr M.
A) it would get them out of bed in the morning, giving a purpose, getting them into a work routine, improving their self esteem.
B) it would teach them you can't get something for nothing, especially when you (and possibly the parents) have not contributed to the welfare pot.
I would like to see it enforceable that" no do voluntary work=no welfare."
Since the council's are so strapped of money could we not have voluntary positions (dole paying) for parks and gardens, litter picking, recycling collection etc working alongside paid council employees.
This would enable the youngsters to see what goes on in the workplace and perhaps secure a slightly better paid job and get off the dole.
Learn some life skills
I have two Granddaughters at University ,but not every one is accademic.My Granddaughters will have large debts ,and may still not get jobs .I would not like them litter picking .I have always understood community work was for criminals.Not for the unemployed .
However, some people are just living off the State and its makes them earn some of the free money they are getting.