Jobseeker's Allowance

...who are not allowed to strike, are resorting to other means of protest, such as refusing to issue penalty points to motorists. Jobseekers, whose numbers fell in October for the first time since 2007, and who were due to sign on the dole...

In this article: Brian Cowen, Recession, Tax, Jobseekers, Irish Independent, University College Cork, The Irish Times, and European Union

However, at the time it was announced, this scheme was only open to graduates who had been unemployed for six months and were in receipt of Jobseekers' Allowance. I couldn't apply as I have only being unemployed for a meagre two months and...

In this article: Jobseekers, Ireland, and Dublin

...has now been reduced to only 6% of employment and 10% of output. And how has it fared in unemployment? Measured by claimants of Jobseekers Allowance (so leaving aside Glasgow's high levels of incapacity benefit), Glasgow has seen numbers...

In this article: Glasgow, Recession, Unemployment, Nottingham, Birmingham, and Liverpool

By next spring, the company, which is the world's leading provider of online bill paying and banking services, will have hired many people who haven t had a job in some time. Michael Wells, who has been out of work for more than a year,...

In this article: Fiserv, Jobseekers, Recession, God, and Catawba Valley Community College

...began. Unemployment is likely to peak next year at 234,000, 40,000 more than the most recent figure, while the number of Scots claiming Jobseekers' Allowance is predicted to increase by 26,000 to 160,000. Iain Gray, Labour's Holyrood...

In this article: Scotland, Recession, UK, Unemployment, Balance sheet, Giant Panda, Jobseekers, and Strathclyde University

...concerned included people with severe disabilities. The figures for welfare payments include child benefit, incapacity benefit and Jobseekers' Allowance. They do not include tax credits, which can be worth thousands of pounds a year.

In this article: Labour, Tax, Iain Duncan Smith, Unemployment, Jobseekers, Jim Knight, David Cameron, and Britain

...and those in the private sector, there are still many months of job losses and insecurity to come.' The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance also rose, up 12,900 to 1.64million, the highest number since Labour came to power...

In this article: Unemployment, Cost of living, Tax, Inflation, and The Work Foundation

...because they feel the conditions don't exist for them to be able to," says Mr Philpott. Counting claimants You are entitled to Jobseekers' Allowance if you have paid enough National Insurance (NI) contributions for six months. However,...

In this article: Unemployment, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Respondent, Jobseekers, International Labour Organisation, US, and UK

4,899 people are now claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in Derry The percentage of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in the Derry City area has fallen for the first month since the economic crisis began. The latest government figures...

In this article: Derry, Unemployment, Taliban, Northern Ireland, Washington, and Egypt

...a good example of its development strategy, which targeted the services sector for employment generation investment in the Gaeltacht. Jobseekers can apply for a range of jobs at the jobs fair, including 100 positions at discount supermarket...

In this article: Jobseekers, M&S, Marks & Spencer, Aldi, PayPal, Hertz, EBay, Yahoo., Oracle, and Siemens