Flexible New Deal Provider Information & Flexible New Deal Scandal Ipswich Unemployed Action.We can report (thanks to UKBIX) that The Guardian has apologised on behalf of The Observer who had been misinformed by the Department for Work and Pensions for reporting recruitment company Working Links to be still under investigation for fraud.
IT NO LONGER APPEARS THAT WORKING LINKS IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR FRAUD. Read more on New Deal Scandal »
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Many New Deal providers are using a whole range of fraudulent techniques to receive money unlawfully from the Government. The Government generally isn’t interested in knowing about these techniques, they only recognise the fraud that is forging employer signatures. Read more on New Deal Scandal »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The New Deal Scandal blog unique hits yesterday were still rising (at 22%) as concerns increase over Action 4 Employment and Working Links, the entire New Deal scheme which is very vulnerable to fraud and the Flexible New Deal. Read more on New Deal Scandal »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Both Action 4 Employment and Working Links publicly release a statement on the Channel 4 News report broadcast on the 30th June 2009, dated 28/06/2009 (A4e) and 29/06/2009 (Working Links) up to 2 days before the public were aware of their fraudulent activities. Read more on New Deal Scandal »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...All New Deal training providers, past and present should be subject to an investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. The fraud investigation can’t be conducted by the Department for Work and Pensions as they also fall under the suspicion of fraudulent activity and other acts of unlawful misconduct and requires an outside independent investigation. Read more on New Deal Scandal »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Department for Work and Pensions has been investigating Action 4 Employment and at least 2 other undisclosed training providers for fraud over the last 13 months – this comes after Maatwerk had their contract terminated for fraud.
This means that even though they weren’t restricted or blacklisted from bidding for Flexible New Deal contracts: they will now lose the Flexible New Deal contracts after at least 20 cases of fraud have been discovered in May 2008 at A4e in Hull where two staff members falsified forms meant for the employer and also forged signatures on the forms in order to receive job outcome bonuses from DWP.
Action 4 Employment was also involved in a temporary job recruitment agency scam – thus forcing New Deal participants into temporary work which resulted in more job outcome bonuses from DWP.
Another New Deal provider has been forced to repay £48,000 for fraud – the name of the provider hasn’t been disclosed.
The DWP was happy to pay Pertemps PDG over 2 million when a report clearly stated fraud – in this instance no concerns other than as a report were raised.
Also, so far all fraud cases were consisting of forged signatures on forms and such like – the DWP have not yet picked up on timesheet abuses (paid to be there for x hours, as shown on timesheets, but participants are there for significantly less i.e. 10 hours instead of 30), dismissal abuses (dismissing participants for false or trivial reasons to receive full 13 weeks amount without them being there for even half that time), guaranteed jobs bonuses abuse (some participants have received a job offer before having to do the course starting 2-6 weeks after the course starts, providers still get job outcome payments intended as a bonus if they get the participant work, even if they had nothing to do with it) and future job outcome bonuses abuse (getting participants to enter an agreement where the provider has “permission” to contact any future employer after the course has ended to get job outcome bonus even though you got the job after the course unaided by them) to name a few.
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