Christmas misery for record jobless
Thursday 23rd December 2010, 3:00PM GMT.
Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean
RECORD numbers of unemployed Islanders face a difficult Christmas as the recession continues to be felt in homes across the Island.
Figures released today show that at the end of November there were 1,310 people unemployed and looking for jobs – 20 more people than October, and 220 more than last November.
The figure is just short of the record high of 1,320 recorded in February this year and higher that at any time in the run-up to Christmas since records began more than 20 years ago.
Economic Development Minister Alan Maclean said that the figures would have been worse had the States not agreed to invest fiscal stimulus funding into training initiatives and capital projects.
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I bet you will find a large proportion of the unemployed you refer to in the pubs and clubs getting pissed out of thier heads and going home with a takeaway to watch thier 50 inch tvs over xmas though ……..
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I have a job and face a difficult Christmas! Skint!
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Sen.Maclean has abandoned small local buisness,his response on the radio when questioned on it was that he was disapointed to be criticised as he/enterprise board had helped launch lots of small buisnesses showing just how out of touch he is,,launched them into what..? hopeless trading conditions,social security contributions that asphyxiate even the hardiest of individuals..then he licences buisnesses from the U.K. to come in here on a hit and run ticket..take local traders livelihoods and go back to the u.k. without paying any taxes or dues….he really needs to stand down as he has pandered to the big outsiders and totally turned his back on the small locals,something he surely will be remembered for.we nneed rid of him and an even playing field re established.
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Looks like the 1930′s have returned.
There are yet more seismic quakes to come out of the US. Subprime still hasn’t worked its way through the system. Other issues will come to the fore in 2011.
No doubt the big O and his side kick have facted all these variables into the mix. (joke)
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@1 Rogerwing, That’s the sort of stupid and inane comment expected from many who post here.
My wife was made redundant in March, has spent the past 9 months trying to get employment, she is either over qualified even though she has no formal qualifications just experience or is under qualified.
In these 9 months, she has not spent 1 minute in a pub and oddly enough we don’t have money for take aways, every penny that comes in from our business goes on our mortgage and bills. We are having to negotiate with the Social Security and Tax office to offset the payment of these until such time we have sold our house.
The fiscal stimulus is great if you can benefit from it, sadly many of those now unemployed don’t fit into any of the categories, and training doesn’t relieve the immediate problem of not being able to afford to live.
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rogerwing (1) I bet you will find
Wrong, wrong and wrong. Think again …. !
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Well his departemnt hands out so many J Cats and exemptions from the 5 year rule its hardly surprising the young locals are now suffering.
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“training initiatives ” – this means we place you with an employer for three months as cheap unpaid labour and at the end of this period the employer tells you “sorry no job”, how many people have ACTUALLY been retained. As an aside, why do we need an Economic Development Minister when we have no economic development as is obvious if there are now more people unemployed than a year ago. Do these people really believe what they say!!!
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The thing that no one will talk about is uncontrolled immigration.Myself and fifteen of my work collegues were made redundant in August but amazingly our polish workers were not laid off and they’d only been here a couple of years,and i know for a fact that they are paid less.As long as unscrupulous employers take advantage of cheaper immigrant labour,and they do take advantage of them,there will be rising local unemployment.I also know of other contractors paying less than the minimum wage.Work permits need to be introduced and enforced as otherwise there will be no hope for the younger generation as every Saturday job,part time work,etc will be taken by immigrant labour on minimum wage.
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Not surprising as our tax , social security and housing policies encourage people to breed and not to work.
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Being without a job is truly a misery. Anybody suggesting otherwise is callous, egoistic and without empathy, not to mention without any how it really is. Unfortunately, it can be much worse! I followed the call of a Jersey-based charity to work for them and to translocate to Jersey as a J-cat. Early this year, I was made redundant. Because of the J-cat, we lost the housing qualification and became homeless. As it is economically not possible to stay in Jersey as a jobless, non-qualified person, we lost also out country of residence. Amazingly, neither my former (self-declared “family-friendly”) employer not the statistics gives a dam. The public and the media prefer to look away. I am wondering how many people are in the same situation but this issue is totally ignored. Whilst jobless Jersey residents have at least a social security system to rely on, people like us are out in the rain despite having paid taxes and social security our whole lives. My children don’t have a jolly good time without an income, without pre-school, without their friends, without a home and without a country of residence. Merry Christmas!
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rogerwing (1) disgraceful remark – your should be ashamed of yourself !
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Eh! DW know ‘ow yer feel!!! The divvys runnin’ this place have got it made. If you are without a job they tell yer to “naff” off back to where you came from even though you pay taxes and stuff. It’s high time we stood up and siad enuff is enuff.
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For those unemployed any time is a bad time not to have a job, John @ 9 if you are really concerned and you say you know of contractors paying less than the minimum wage it is your duty to inform the social security dept of your proof and get these people into court as it against the law to employ people paying less than the minimum wage. I expect these people are not paying any contributions either employer or employee. these people are the scurge of society, and stop decent unemployed people gaining employment.As for N0 1 rogerwing no doubt you have a full time job and dont give a damn about people who are at the moment because of no fault of their own being unemployed. Good luck to all without a job at present and hopefully 2011 will bring a job for you
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Vote Scouser!!! I will redress the imbalances …..that I perceive!!!
Scouser
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#1 rogerwing
IDIOT
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7) A typical Jersey remark…..why am I not surprised.
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You can thank Ozouf and the gang for years of excess and unchecked immigration for Jersey’s present situation.
They changed the residency rules to suit the business elite so they could employ cheap immigration labour… to the detriment of local’s and non locals alike. This is the same the world over.
All states policies that have been voted on in the past 5 years were all engineered to stop pay rises for locals and non locals and to maximise profits for the big companies.
This situation would never have happened if work permits had been introduced years ago.
Frank Walker was the architect of this.. he now sits on the Harbours and Airport board earning between 16k and 26K a year and having to sit in meetings for no more than 46 hours a year.
Anyone who has lost a job recently should look at the disgusting town park and see where your money has gone.
A work scheme could have been intriduced on short contracts that paid a proper wage with this money.10 million pounds.
States members are a disgrace letting this happen when people need work…
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3.Zoro
Let’s not forget the small businesses that have been helped… in detriment to the established businesses.
I personally know of two cases where small established businesses ended up competing against Enterprise grant funded start-ups, one of the established companies had to operate redundancies. There was no difference in quality of product or price but the market became flooded in both circumstances. One was a food product and one was a service.
I think that’s called an “own goal?”
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What do j cats have to do with being jobless ?? Narrow minded ignoramus Jersey comment.
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No 7: I thought apartheid belonged in South Africa but I see, according to you, it may be alive and well here??
You also say:”its hardly surprising the young locals are now suffering” – well get off your butts, do some studying and then you can get those jobs!!
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Ditto to John,s comments about work permits, I think they,re a must. Guernsey,s per capita unemployment is half of Jersey,s, they must be doing something right.
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We all should sympathise with those who are unemployed: its no fun for anyone.
But we need to ask 2 very difficult questions:
1) Are we willing and able, as an Island, to pay unemployment benefit (however it is dressed up) in the long term to sizeable numbers of people; and
2) Are we willing to tolerate an increasing population?
The answer to these 2 questions very much shapes how one should approach this problem. In my view, unemployment benefit should only be paid to those who have paid social security in Jersey for at least 10 years.
Even then, it should be limited to people who cannot find work. And “work” includes jobs traditionally done by seasonal labour. I find it extraordinary that we give grants to farmers who pay the money to imported workers to plant and pick spuds yet we also pay money to “unemployed” residents. We simply cannot afford a culture whereby people can “choose” unemployment benefit in preference to a job that either they don’t fancy or that the employer chooses to import labour to do.
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20. Clearly J Cats do influence the employment market. In my experience in finance – and not to do with skill – companies bring in J Cat staff were there is a local alternative, recruit. That therefore stagnates movement and in turn the local employment market. They also advertise across they’re entire Group and bring people in on local contracts without 5 years – they don’t even go to the local market i.e. advertise internally, include the wider Group, find someone from the UK and the role doesn’t ever get in the paper.
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Moral of the story – get some qualifications!
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# Pathetic: Your comment gives pride to your name! Here we have a family who lost housing (loosing the job = loosing J-cat status = having to move out from the housing rented via the employer = being jobless AND home less) and all you come up is with mental diarrhea . You DO deserve to be without a job!
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Hi all unemployed i hope you have a great christmas jobs will come and fingers crossed its a good job. Its not a good situation i moved of the island 5 months ago because of lack of work but i hope for everyone it gets better for you and comment on no1 thats out of order as they are having to sell everything to pay theyr bills and rent or mortgage and eat its not a good situation when bills come and carnt pay aspecialy at chrismas
marry christmas all and hope next year brings better for all
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john(9), totaly agree.
i have often said , that we need some other kind of immigration policy other than being able to pay the rent. while the young people of jersey are thrown on the scrap heap before they have even started.
this figure of 1300 plus unemployed , will be with us for a while , as the jobs will not be falling out the sky.
it may even be here to stay, i remember in the 80′s /90′s it was about 800 to 900 all year round .
i worry about my future as i have seen constriction of work in the last couple of months , and like many can only hope that things will pick up, i will not hold my breath.
the social time bomb is ticking.
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When ppl register as unemployed, they should be asked how long they have been in the Island. It would be good to know whether the increase is predominently newcomers or established workers. This will give a more accurate indicator of the scale of the problem – i.e are we importing unemployment?
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DH @ 16:
#1 is not that much of an idiot. I remember a JEP article last year (or year before) with a family on benefits who had lost all their child’s christmas presents in a theft – one of which was a flat screen tv! for a child ffs! you (assuming you pay tax) and I pay for that.
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One thing that should be made clear is that not all unemployed people claim benefits.I think that a lot of people made redundant in the last few years will have some sort of savings eg car,house,a bank account etc.therefore are not legible to claim benefits.Personally speaking i am now having to live off my savings,something i was not hoping to do till retirement.Hopefully i will find employment soon before my money runs out.And to Thinktank 21 its not about having qualifications,There are plenty of unemployed educated people.If the company you work for is going down no amount of degrees will save you.
Some of the callous remarks on here are obviously made by people with an ‘i’m alright Jack’ attitude.I certainly don’t want to be unemployed and i wouldn’t wish it on anyone else either or gloat about it
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Merry Xmas all and remember get out and vote next year or you will reap the rewards for inaction or voting the wrong way.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Things can only get worse for the vast majority, whilst those in splendid isolation, well cushioned from reality, can look down on the plebs fighting for survival.
Power is in the hands of the majority, get out there and use it wisely for the benefit of one and all.
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Oh well, as long as our Economic Minister is still driving around in his Porsche 911 what’s the problem for the untermensch?
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24, wow, that interpretation of when unemployment benefit shoud kick in for someone would be seen as out of the ball park even in the most right wing of American States. Puts a lot of your other comments into perspective. Bring back the work house….
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Apologies that was 23!
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Re introduce the winter work scheme…..get it..? real wages for real work done….dignity for the people….Ah but Truthseeker dignity makes the people strong and we wouldn’t want that having worked so diligently at removing it.wake up Peeps the Senator and his ilk want a sub class.
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Bring back work permits for everyone that does NOT hold a jersey birth certificate regardless of where they come from in the world,, we are NOT part of the EU and we are NOT governed by London that will be a start in sorting out tis mess of over population and high unemployment,,, but none of our states members have the backbone to bring it in
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#11, DW, ‘..followed the call of a Jersey-based charity to work for them and to translocate to Jersey as a J-cat.’
‘Nuff said about the doling out of ‘J cat’ licences! Aren’t they allegedly for essential employment?
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I am amazed at the foolishness of some people.
Instead of doing something about it, they whinge and demand something from the States. If a person has lost their job, and there is no demand for that persons skills – then get out and re-skill for where jobs are required.
Stop feeling sorry for yourself, because no-one else does.
Truthseeker: what on earth are you talking about? Who wants to create a sub-class? You
are clearly deluded if you actually believe your misguided comments. Or perhaps it is just a wind-up.
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#37 ‘Bring back work permits for everyone that does NOT hold a jersey birth certificate regardless of where they come from in the world’
Quite a few of us would have had Jersey birth certificates had it not been for the efforts of a certain Austrian in 1940. Would you make a special dispensation for us,Mick, when you ‘bring back’ work permits?
Mind you, we are now all knocking on for retirement or have retired already!
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Work permits/immigration controls would limit competition and would encourage locals to be even lazier.
Many locals on benefits have no intentions of working anyway so what has immigration got to do with it?
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Comment 41: you are spot on!
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Hey Mick: Stupid comment – it demonstrates why Jersey needs immigration with a comment like that of such profound ignorance.
If you left it to Jersey people only, you would end up with more alcoholics. Jersey needs immigration to make something of the place.
Mick, you and this island is lucky to have people like me.
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Adrian @32: you are right. We must have a strict enforcement of those claiming benefits who shouldn’t be.
Ozouf might be criticised – but he has ensured a strong economic position.
Jersey would be in strife if it were not for Messrs Ozouf & Walker.
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#43
rts your having a laugh ain,t you,,, when work permits were in place then the seasonal workers could not get their quallies and this island was a much better place,, we don’t need you we never have and never will
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We need immigration control now. Australia is a thousand or more times as big as Jersey and it has strict controls. They won’t put up with any of this nonsense so why should we? End this j category abuse now. Issue work permits and get these people out.
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Obviously something is wrong because of this headline. Jersey people have been second class citizens for some time now, the racist bigot at 41 is obviously capitalising on this. J cats are supposed by law to train up a local person but it never happens. Most of the “essentially employed” aren’t that at all. I know because I have worked with them. And a lot of them are hopeless but the “mistake appointment” cannot be rectified so here they stay, taking up a job, housing and using our schools etc when they should go back to whence they came.
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We need to look very closely at those coming in and taking the jobs that should be filled by local people. Only in a very few cases should labour be imported. We have enough local people to fill the positions and a large number of graduates. There is simply no excuse for this arrogant abuse of j categories and everything else. Please, let us have a politician with the balls to tackle the racsim against the jersey people. That would solve the housing problem as well.
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After reading all of that,WOW, very intense indeed !!! Well i agree with helping out the local person with finding a job,but what will you do with the one’s who figure out that being without a job pays more than working,thus they tend to stick to being what they are !!! Lazy @rses,however i agree with the Work permits but once you have that why the hell should i agree to pay more rent than the so called local ie(200-500) more, while i’ve been made redundant well thats what they say( more like been pushed out like so many others out there) I have always done my best to find work where possible,i find it difficult to even think of putting myself on the so called Unemployment list as we dont have handouts like that back home or as you locals say ( whence you came from) I find there is as much racism on this island as whence i came from really !!! nothing to do with colour anymore, as the world has evolved so has racism,like the Politicians have found ways to bend rules so has the island. I say its time to stand up for Equal rights and see where we all stand,The Rich get Richer while the rest of us struggle!!We still keep our head up and search for work to be able to live over here… So i pay respect to all those out of work and Pray, you all, Locals and Non-locals land a job in the New Year. Wow truly does show that there are some Good Jerseymen/Women out there,pity none of them are running for the states, i wish a better 2011 for all….
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#47. utter drivel. Jersey needs to import workers at top and bottom end of labour market. Always has done always will do.
Instead of moaning and expecting the States to introduce protectionist employment laws (which would bankrupt many businesses) why not try and compete in the jobs market?
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Look the unemployed are not worth bothering about.
The important things are:a new art gallery, the Bailiff to stay and Syvret to be the first execution at Westmount for centuries.
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Clearly J Cats do influence the employment market. In my experience in finance – and nothing to do with skill – companies bring in J Cat staff were there is a local alternative, recruit. That therefore stagnates movement and in turn the local employment market. They also advertise across the entire Group and bring people in on local contracts without 5 years – they don’t even go to the local market i.e. advertise internally, include the wider Group, find someone from the UK and the role doesn’t ever get in the paper. The regulation of undertakings department, paid for by our taxes, should clamp down but only has a go at small businesses. Vested interests? Corruption?
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Something is very wrong because of this headline. Jersey people have been second class citizens for some time now, the racist bigot at 41 is obviously capitalising on this. J cats are supposed by law to train up a local person but it never happens. Most of the “essentially employed” aren’t that at all. I know because I have worked with them. And a lot of them are hopeless but the “mistake appointment” cannot be rectified so here they stay, taking up a job, housing and using our schools etc when they should go back to whence they came
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I’ve been trying hire recently for a job recently – decent salary, big financial services organisation, requires some accounting skills and technical skills (e.g. very good – a natural – with Excel and stuff).
I’ve not had a CV from a single unemployed person. I’ve had CVs from people in the UK. And I have not been inundated.
Where these 1000 plus redundancies are? Still here in Jersey? Employed? Re-employed by the same (States funded!) employer as I have hear rumoured on these comment boards?
Not sure what’s going on, but it presents a funny smell to me at present.
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d mc s(41) not all locals are on benefit and lazy, i work , as do many others.
jersey is now overpopulated, and all for the love of money.
where will your children work? or are you just here to suck out of jersey all you can get away with?
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I wouldn’t woory about the extreme and bigoted views posted at 41. You get a few of these people in every society, better to let them stew with their unpleasant, racist thoughts. Just don’t reply and it will go away.
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I to have a biziness in Jersey and I like to recruit. People come for jobs but not many. I think that 1000 not employed and I want cleeners but none come except people write from Australia. It beeg puzzle to me. It is a funny smell.
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55 small money
Unfortunately I’d be inclined to agree with the poster at 41, albeit reluctantly. As a true Jersey crapaud myself I am proud to say that I was brought up to work hard and do my job properly. However, an awful lot of people perceived as “locals” – which are generally 2nd generation incomers anyway – are indeed lazy, workshy chavs, who see work as an option and income support as the mainstay. Even when they actually do bother to have jobs, they simply sit around on the phone and internet, emailing their mates and messing around most of the day. I personally was unfortunate enough to have recently ‘worked’ with someone just like that, and it’s that sort of lazy unprofessional person that gives the “locals” a bad name.
Personally I blame the welfare state – and their parent(s)
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tomk what’s a decent wage? £6/hour or £20/hour?
I’m sure that if its around the £20/hour mark you should get lots of applicants. It might have even even tempted me if you hadn’t used the “f” word.
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No.55, My children have worked hard and have degrees and professional qualifications which are in demand worldwide. They are currently working in the UK and the USA to gain further experience, but intend returning to Jersey eventually.
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My children have degrees and diplomas and everything. It’s brilliant. They’re currently working in Jersey, which I understand puts them at a disadvantage against other similarly qualified “mock j categories” from england. They’ll probably have to leave the island eventually as the more senior positions are thrown away on immigrants.
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#59 ‘It might have even even tempted me if you hadn’t used the “f” word.’
Nice one, Adrian, love it! I will remember and acknowledge you as the originator if it catches on!
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Deja vu at post 53, “D Mc S” could have sworn I’d read that same post earlier…oh yes! it’s also post 47 by “Manest”
Now agreeing with oneself is one thing…but calling oneself a ‘racist bigot’ is truly quite concerning!
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Some of you might be interested to look at Dandara.com.Under recruitment there is a section written in Polish.If you copy this and translate with the excellent Google Translate service,you will see they are offering jobs in Jersey for various trades and as UK standards are not the same as Poland full training will be given!Funny i don,t see Dandara advertising at the job center and offering to train up any islanders.
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Unfortunately a combination of States policies over the last 30-40 years has led to a dependence culture as bad as that found in cities in the north of Britain.
Ultimately,jobs depend directly and indirectly on sucessful businesses.
If, say a sucessful chain of coffee/sandwich shops, which employ local workers in senior roles and currently employ hard-working polish girls in junior roles was forced to employ locals (who would much rather live on benfits) instead of the hard working Polish, how long would the business last?
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“tomk what’s a decent wage? £6/hour or £20/hour?”
Surely the point is that if an unemployed person is not willing to work for minimum wage then they cannot be so poor that they need income support. There may be some exceptions – if the person needs to provide child care or other care, for example. But if anyone is saying “nah, don’t fancy that, it’s not enough money” then they must be able to afford their basic necessities. There aren’t many people who would prefer to starve rather than work for £6/h.
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Tobias 58
Re: However, an awful lot of people perceived as “locals” – which are generally 2nd generation incomers anyway – are indeed lazy, workshy chavs, who see work as an option and income support as the mainstay.
I’m sure you will find (if you ask the right people) that a very large number of Jersey’s lazy, workshy, benefit-drawing chavs have remarkably old Jersey surnames.
However, no doubt you will say that these individuals changed their surnames by Deed Poll…just to give the locals a bad name!
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Both my brother and I were unemployed at different times during this year and we both have our residential qualifications and are graduates.
For starters, I received nothing in terms of housing benefit, as I was staying with him. He received barely enough to cover his rent and food. At the time I was doing a seasonal job on the minimum wage and we both earned only enough to get by without starving or being homeless.
My point has always been that short of clapping a shotgun to an employer’s head, you cannot force people to give you work. This idea of people lapping it up, living off benefits is and always has been a right wing myth created by the better off.
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I am flattered that may comments have lead to others copying my name – I would have thought however that the system would not allow it. Perhaps I need to insert a ‘real’ in front of my name in future!
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Sue Premacy
The ‘right’ people in this instance being people such as yourself and Scouser?
Yes I expect a large number (although not a large percentage) would have Jersey surnames – I expect an even larger number, however, would not.
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#66 Donald Pond. There might be any number of reasons why someone is capable of work but cannot.
You mentioned yourself the example of child care. What about those who care for sick and/or elderly family members, or those who like me spent month after month looking for work but were turned down and needed some help?
In such cases, people wouldn’t even receive unemployment benefit anyway as they’d have child benefit or a carer’s allowance instead.
Having worked on the minimum wage I can tell you that it is not as easy to find work as you might think. Hotel positions are seasonal for example, and often the same staff return year after year so it is often difficult to find a position.
One of the main companies over here which offers warehouse shifts also told me that the work pool had dried up over Christmas – what exactly are people meant to do in your view, starve because there’s no work on offer?
My brother made no bones about drawing benefit until a suitable job came up as he pointed out quite rightly that doing a minimum wage job six days a week would interfere with his ability to attend interviews, so he waited until he was given an office role which was more suitable.
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“My brother made no bones about drawing benefit until a suitable job came up as he pointed out quite rightly that doing a minimum wage job six days a week would interfere with his ability to attend interviews”
Given that Jersey is facing a budget deficit, the question is whether we should be paying for nurses to work or for people like delta’s brother to stay at home waiting for the “right job” to come along. Even if you take a minimum wage job, you can still attend interviews in lunch hours and most employers would prefer someone who is working to someone who is not.
I’m not saying it is easy to find work or that carers shouldn’t be rewarded: what I am saying (in response to a post from Adrian which indicated that he thought nobody would apply for a minimum wage job) is that we should not be paying benefits to people who choose (that’s the key word) not to do minimum wage work.
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We’re talking about a very select group of people here but if we’re going to make it more difficult for people to get higher paid jobs, we’re simply going to work against our own interests.
It’s certainly true to say that employers prefer a candidate to be gainfully employed but it’s not always a simple matter of popping out in your lunch break by any means, especially if you don’t have reliable transport and are working outside town, and/or as it was in my case are working shift patterns which made it virtually impossible to attend interviews.
I was lucky enough finally to find an employer who was able to structure their meetings around my day off but there are simply no guarantees. My brother did the right thing by waiting and had I done the same thing I’d have found higher paid work sooner, so I’m afraid I’m going to put my faith in the system as is if you don’t mind!
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Well perhaps by letting folks drown at St.Ouens a bit will reduce the unemployment problem,the money saved on Lifeguards can be spent on schmoozing the punters at Buck House….far better use of resources all round what..more port Tarquin ?
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#72 I would love to agree Donald, but as I mentioned in another thread a while back, not all employers are even remotely reasonable. You may well get dropped from a minimum wage job if you take time out to attend an interview (not all can be done in a lunch hour, not everyone gets a lunch hour either). If this happens again on another minimum wage job it won’t look good on your CV. Then there are some snobby employers who won’t look favourably on someone having done minimum wage work. Of course it’s wrong, but that’s life.
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Tobias 70
Check it out Tobias, surely you (of all people) know someone who knows someone who works in the the DHB (Department of Handouts to Beans)…as my friends call it!
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must say I am really quite shocked at the ignorance of people who think it is ok to slander our welfare system which is probably more top heavy on handouts for foreign nationals and non jersey locals?!!! I know in 30 years how many local people ( through generations who are neither inbred, workshy or unintelligent) have to get on with it whilst most states housing and jersey homes trust property are handed out to foreign speaking people and not locals and our elderly here who genuinely struggle!!
In the UK there is constant uproar over immigrants and uk residents who are struggling in schools and social housing, healthcare etc because it cannot cope with the influx of people.. You should put your self in other peoples shoes instead of making out it is your god given right to take from people who may actually genuinely need the help more and realistically are more entitled.. BRING BACK PERMITS cull the freeloaders.. dont have an issue with professionals who pay taxes and dont fleece the systems but I have a big problem when you think you have the right to dictate to people whos parents.. grandparents, their parents (I could go on) have paid taxes for longer than most of your heritage was even thought about have a bit of respect !!! And think before they give it the poor me routine SHUT IT am fed up of watching good local people leave the island, see them feel and look intimidated in their OWN town and hear stories of them being bullied in social housing by non local families it is rife and I for one will start kicking some derrieres if I see it happening when I am in town again!!!!!
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I’m currently looking to recruit three people – salaries ranging from mid £30k to mid £40k – all professional positions. The roles are with 3 local employment agencies on the island. So far (roles have been advertised for 6 weeks) I have had 2 applicants. One has recently relocated from the UK (with their partner) & the other is currently based in the UK. No locals have applied. My company has probably recruited about 20 similarly salaried roles in the past year. We use the same approach – advertise with local agencies. Of those 20 we have employed no more than 5 locals. Not because we don’t want to but because we simply don’t get the applicants. Why this is I don’t know – I would love to hear people’s suggestions.
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donald how is anyone expected to live on wages of £6/hour over here? 40 hours= £240 will this even pay the rent let aloan child care for a one parent family? Not a chance. What about food £50-£100 per week.
Bussinesses are only interested in maximising profit and will go to the lowest common denominator, which will be migrants as they are the only ones prepared to live 10 to a room so as to scrap a few pounds together to send back home.
So we have someone trying to make an effort to earn a wage who is unable to get by. What happens next? Ah yes the state is forced to help them out meaning the tax payer foots the bill anyway at the end of the day.
Fortunately you are very lucky unlike most others. Maybe if you tried to live on minimum wage for one month you might understand what I am talking about.
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gods mentor(78)
did your jobs appear in the jep and on the goverment job site?
adrian (79) i agree the taxpayer foots the top up wages for the minimum wage earners .
they do not all live with mum and dad.
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