jobseekers

On 21 February Tesco offered two new choices to young people undertaking work experience with company, after public outrage that it advertised unpaid jobs as part of the government's work experience scheme.

Iain Duncan Smith is due to announce the end of £2bn of welfare-to-work contracts and plans to move to a single “work programme” are due to be revealed today, writes Nick Timmins in the Financial Times. According to the paper, officials are working out how transitional support will be provided for jobseekers whilst contracts are renegotiated and looking at the legal implications of ending contracts early.

Source: The Financial Times