Comments on: Welfare State needs Responsibility

By: Flexible New Deal

Flexible New Deal — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:12:30 +0000

As for signing on – it normally takes around 2 minutes once they finally see me. A wait of 20-30 minutes is normal – although once I was recently early and got seen after 10 minutes past my appointment (although I had been waiting ages for being early lol). Everyone is supposed to be allocated 10 minutes time slot… so if the problem is like this at 2 minutes per person I would hate to know what happens if people were given their proper time slot.

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By: Flexible New Deal

Flexible New Deal — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:10:02 +0000

Quite right. I was on the understanding of you miss your signing on appointment once you would be sanctioned. They tried this on me once, they had to fax a decision to the BDC and told me to leave Jobcentre Plus and come back in 45 minutes. You should have seen her face when the decision went in my favour. Couldn’t help but laugh in her face, poor woman.

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By: Andrew Coates

Andrew Coates — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:31:48 +0000

Yet, at the same time Claimants have great responsibilities. Such as the requirement to turn up on time to sign on. If you fail to do this twice you can be sanctioned.

In Ipswich at the moment we wait (roughly) twenty minutes *after* our appointment time to sign on.

This is not the fault of the staff, but the lack of the staff neeed.

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