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Rob249 · 27-09-2012, 17:38

I am currently on jobseekers allowance which is £71 a week.I have been given a work placement which i start on monday, which lasts for a month.I will receive no remuneration of the employer for the first month, even tho i will be doing 30 plus hours a week.I have my travel and food cost which i will have to incur which will leave me out of pocket, and at the end of the month there might be a job or there might not be.All i am trying to say is i feel a months trial for no pay with no definite offer of a job is to much, if it was a week i would have no problem with that.Plus he told me today the main aspect of the job is driving the lads to different sites as at the moment he has a lad who is only 21 driving and his insurance would cost alot less having me as a driver.It doesnt seem fair tho to me.

27-09-2012, 17:38	#4
Rob249 Full Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 326 Liked: 5 times Rep Power: 232	re: Does it pay to work? - Workfare I am currently on jobseekers allowance which is £71 a week.I have been given a work placement which i start on monday, which lasts for a month.I will receive no remuneration of the employer for the first month, even tho i will be doing 30 plus hours a week.I have my travel and food cost which i will have to incur which will leave me out of pocket, and at the end of the month there might be a job or there might not be.All i am trying to say is i feel a months trial for no pay with no definite offer of a job is to much, if it was a week i would have no problem with that.Plus he told me today the main aspect of the job is driving the lads to different sites as at the moment he has a lad who is only 21 driving and his insurance would cost alot less having me as a driver.It doesnt seem fair tho to me.