Saturday, March 24, 2012

Welfare to work

Over on the Standard the UK is being used to cast doubt over the wisdom of contracting private service providers to get beneficiaries into work.

As I have pointed out to them, there are already over 150 private providers contracted to MSD for this very purpose. They often work with the hardest to place and, from what I have been told,  get good results. Of course, the best result would be if individuals got themselves to these agencies before they even needed a benefit. Then it would be the prospective employer and employee footing the bill.

1 comment:

James said...

Lindsay....some jerk here has called you out re welfare and your attitude to the poor and people on welfare...if you care to respond...

http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/03/guest_post_life_on_a_benefit.html#comment-948898