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Benefits and work
— a CAB perspective on the welfare to work debate | | Author(s) | Janet Allbeson |
| Corporate Author | National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux - NACAB |
| Publisher | NACAB, London, 1997 |
| Pages | 102 pp |
| Source | NACAB, Myddelton House, 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LZ. |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Unemployment benefit ; Unemployment ; Employment ; Reports. |
| Annotation | This report concentrates on the 'welfare' side of the welfare to work debate. It covers: the benefit traps which affect would-be workers; the particular problems caused to people working in part-time or temporary work, or who have variable hours; the costs of starting work; and the new regime of benefits and sanctions introduced in 1996 as a a results of the new jobseeker's allowance. Each chapter discusses the reforms needed, stressing that a balance has to be found between long-term change and short-term measures aimed at improving the situation. Alternatives to benefits are recommended, for action by the Secretaries of State for Social Security, and Education and Employment . These include a minimum wage, improved employment protection, increased personal tax allowances to benefit the low-paid, and making housing subsidy favourable to building of affordable social housing. Aspects of benefits and work not covered in this report, such as benefits for disabled workers, will be the subject of short briefings from NACAB. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971007226 B |
| Classmark | JH: JH7: WH6: WJ: 6K |
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