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Does the shift towards American style unemployment policies also show its ugly head elsewhere in Europe?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 06:45:29 AM EST
A bit more on BBC online.

The number of people out of work in the UK rose by 164,000 between June and August - the biggest rise for 17 years - taking the total to 1.79 million.

The rise took the jobless rate to 5.7%, from 5.2% in the previous quarter.

The Office for National Statistics figures also showed the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance rose by 31,800 to 939,900 in September.



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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 07:04:42 AM EST
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Was recently reading about how the CAF (Caisse des Allocations Familiales, which distribute the RMI, parental and housing helps) was reacting very slowly, sometimes closing for a week so that its workers could help on the mail backlog ; people who are asking for the RMI but waiting for an answer are absolutely without resources.

Tales of the unemployment agency ordering unemployed people to come for an appointment by mail. Not going to the appointment means the money is cut ; sometimes the mail gets lost, but it's not a valid excuse.

etc...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Wed Oct 15th, 2008 at 08:26:11 AM EST
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