More than 200 temporary jobs for young unemployed people are to be created in the Highlands after a successful bid to the UK government's Future Jobs Fund. The fund has awarded £1.3m to Highland Council to create jobs and training for 203 people aged between 18 and 24.This is even worse than I thought it might be. 25 hours per week is not even a full time job.
Each job that is created must be for at least 25 hours a week for six months. They must also pay at least national minimum wage. The range of jobs includes waste management assistants, grounds maintenance trainees, street cleaning operatives, social care workers, countryside rangers, building operatives and clerical assistants.
Anyone who takes these 'opportunities' will be no better off financially than if they just don't work at all. Apart from an attempt to hide the appalling figures for unemployment what is the point of this scheme?
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No point whatsoever.
"Apart from an attempt to hide the appalling figures for unemployment what is the point of this scheme? "
There's no 'apart from..' about it. That IS the point.
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