1.   In order to collect unemployment you must be screened for drugs, alcohol, and tanning abuse.

2.   In order to collect unemployment you must commit to forty hours of community service with only time off for good behavior.

3.   In order to collect unemployment you must abstain from all forms of sex.  Taking contraceptives is strictly prohibited.

4.   In order to collect unemployment you must have a masters degree.

5.   In order to collect unemployment you must be able to speak at least five foreign languages.

6.   In order to collect unemployment you must be able to lift over one hundred pounds with one arm tied around your back.

7.   In order to collect unemployment you must be able to bend steel with your bare hands.

8.   In order to collect unemployment you must be able to leap tall buildings in a single in a single bound.

9.   In order to collect unemployment you must be able to recite the Constitution by memory.

10. In order to collect unemployment you must give up your first born.

11. In order to collect unemployment you must sign a contract in blood.  You must also sign an organ donor card.

12. In order to collect unemployment you must walk across a pit of hot coal while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

First of all, we will talk about the wage and some factors affecting it. There are many factors affecting the fluctuation of wage around the country. The most natural factor is the demand and supply of labor. The fluctuation of labor demand and supply will definitely affect the wage around the country. When the labor demand from the company is much higher than the supply, the wage rate will increase. This condition is very beneficial for the workers. In this case, workers have higher bargaining position and power to get higher wage they want. When the labor supply is much higher than the demand, the wage rate will decrease. This condition is very favorable for the companies, because the companies will have higher bargaining power to keep the wage low. There is also one rare condition, where the labor demand equals to labor supply, the wage rate will be favorable for both companies and workers.
The second factor affecting the wage is government policies. Government also plays a very important role in determining the wage across the country. They will set up the minimum wage for all workers in the country. This determination of the minimum wage is affected by many factors, such as cost of living, productivity level, and occupation level.
1. Cost of Living: Ideally, government will set up higher minimum wage for cities with higher living cost. It will help workers to keep surviving in cities with higher living cost
2. Productivity level: The government will look at the productivity level in each region and try to set up the minimum wage based on the productivity level from those regions. The higher productivity level, the higher minimum wage will be. It will ensure that all workers with higher productivity will get the most from their effort. Another reason why this is also considered is to encourage the other cities with lower productivity level to keep going and increase their productivity level. Hopefully, for the long run the average productivity level in the country will also increase.
3. Occupation level: Government also tries to look at the occupation level in the work field. They will try to set up the minimum wage based on the occupation itself. It means that every occupation will have different minimum wage with the other occupation.
The third factor, and the most important factor in determining the wage is Trade Union. This trade union is a representative of the workers across the country. The objectives are to set up the good wages for it’s member, get involved in the policy making either in company level or regional level, help many workers to get their appropriate working environment and salary. This Trade Union can be used both by workers and companies to negotiate the wage. It will be very beneficial for the workers and companies because they can discuss it in the right way, such as collective bargaining instead of having some strikes from the workers or blacklist from the company. By doing it through Trade Union, it will keep the relationship between the company and the workers.

Here you can find also more information about Hvem kan få efterløn (Who can get early retirement benefit in Danish) and  Efterlønsordning kan jeg fravælge den (if you can deselect the early retirement scheme in Danish). Make your day better!

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President Barack Obama expressed optimism about the results of jobs in his country for the last month, which led to a significant reduction in the level of unemployment to 8.3%, registering a level close to the lowest level in three years.
 
He said that Obama is his country’s economy is growing stronger and accelerate recovery, calling on members of Congress not to damage this recovery and extend the tax cuts on wages, which ends this month, and asked them not to make policy issue indulge.
 
Obama said – in the collection in northern Virginia – The U.S. economy is getting stronger, recovery is accelerating his footsteps, “We must do everything in our power to maintain its growth.”

The announcement of the decline in unemployment to revive the hopes that Obama and his Democratic Party strive to highlight the achievements of his administration, especially in the economic aspects of interest to citizens, with the aim of seeking to win a second term in elections scheduled for November next.
 
In a statement issued yesterday by the U.S. Department of Labor explained that the non-agricultural jobs in the United States jumped by 243 thousand, the largest increase since April / April, and more than economists’ expectations of $ 150 thousand only.
 
The ministry said that job growth was widespread in the private sector where large gains in employment in professional services, business, entertainment, hospitality and manufacturing.
 
The employment rate change governments – that have abandoned many of the jobs because of budget cuts – in the form of slightly during the month.
 
Thanks to the new jobs that have been made last month, the U.S. unemployment rate fell from 8.5% in December / December to 8.3% in January.
 
The latest in the U.S. economy last year, more than two million jobs, a better outcome over the past five years.

Is still in front of America’s a long way to restore the level of employment recorded before the recession that hit the economy after the financial crisis between 2007 and 2009, and if the economy continued the same pace of employment recorded in the last month it will take a year and a half years to recover the same volume of employment to pre-recession.

Source: Agencies

2.       Is your immediate supervisor suddenly interested in wanting to know how to do your job?  This scenario is a good indicator that you are going to be terminated.  What does it mean?  Your supervisor wants to know how you do things so that when you are terminated, the department is not in a state of chaos.  What do you do?  Unfortunately, the best thing to do is to cooperate and let him/her know what you do.  Do not refuse to comply; that attitude will only make the situation worse.

3.        Do you have less responsibility?  Bosses do not tend to fire people with a lot of responsibility because then their duties have to be divvied out or dumped on someone else’s shoulders.  For example, if you are a supervisor and you typically produce a schedule for your employees and suddenly your boss informs you that he/she will be doing the schedule from now on….  What do you do?  Offer to help your boss or someone else with their responsibilities; prove that you are responsible enough to do your job.

4.       How was your last performance review?  Typically, most bosses do not spend a lot of time on an employee’s review.  However, if your last review contained more than the word “satisfactory,” even if you interpret it as constructive criticism, you may on the verge of termination.  What do you do?  Learn from your review and do the best job that you can do.

5.       Do your coworkers dislike you?  If you feel like people in the workplace do not like you, you are probably correct.  This situation is unfortunate because the people who receive praises and promotions are usually popular people.    What do you do?  Be friendly and courteous.  If you are shy and introverted, step out of your comfort zone and try to communicate with your coworkers.  Offer to get someone a cup of coffee is you are already heading to the breakroom to get one for yourself.

6.       Are people avoiding you?  When your coworkers/bosses speak to you do they avoid making eye contact?  Are they avoiding engaging in friendly small talk?  Are they communicating with you via email versus talking face-to-face?  If everyone is avoiding you, your job may be on the line.  What do you do?  Smile and be friendly.  Do not give anyone a valid reason to terminate you.

7.       Are you the last to know what is going on with the company?  If the company truly plans to let you go, they will be secretive about everything that is going on internally.  The reason is that they do not want you to be able to leak information, especially if you wind up working for one of their competitors.  So, if you are the last one to learn about a new product or service, pay close attention to everything else going on around you in the workplace.

In conclusion, if the above questions relate to your work environment, then it is time to protect yourself.  Keep your resume current; put money in a savings account from each paycheck; cut out any unnecessary expenses; visit your local unemployment website to prepare for the next step.   In the meantime, while you are still employed, review the employee handbook, and do not violate any policies.  Do not give anyone a reason to terminate you.

Under no circumstances am I saying that we should abandon people with nothing, but I am most definitely saying that nobody should expect to pick up that much in welfare. We expect people on minimum wage to survive and to bring up children, so why on earth are we giving more than that to people who are out of work? I understand that property is expensive, but I’m sure minimum wage earners all around London are more than aware of this fact too. We cannot give handouts to people which amount to more than the total which those on the bottom of our wage system have to work hard to earn.

Yes, it is currently difficult to get a job and it can prove to be a formidable task as I am well aware through spending twelve months on Job Seekers Allowance, which at £55 a week comes to just under £3000 a year. I was lucky enough to be able to live with my parents which meant that whilst unemployed I wasn’t paying rent, however that money had to be enough to feed me, clothe me and get me to and from interviews. I managed. For my first six months employment I was working a minimum wage job paying rent to my father; I managed. It is possible to budget right down to the bare essentials. I am not of the opinion that most people out of a job are lazy or aren’t looking, but I am of the opinion that whilst in that process of looking for work government hand outs shouldn’t be more than anybody else can earn working.

This is going to sound completely brutal but if you can’t afford the house you had when you were in full time employment, then move. It’s not rocket science. I am more than willing for the taxpayer to foot the bill to ensure that those who have been made vulnerable by the loss of a job are not left on the street. I am more than willing for them to be housed and with enough money to feed and clothe themselves and their family. I would have expected nothing less myself had I not had my father. But this has to be within the confines of what we would expect those at the lower end of our wage spectrum to live in, as whilst they are working full time at the minimum wage, they are supporting those who are picking up more than they are earning in benefits alone.

I would agree that there has to a period of grace as such. So for a certain amount of time people who have worked and paid National Insurance for years and have lost their jobs are given a safety net whilst they look for a job. During this period there would be no cap on benefits. But this can only be a resting place, and it cannot be indefinite. Once past a predetermined period of time then benefits should be capped at a darn site less than £26,000. If the house that you are currently living in exceeds that amount then it’s time to move, and if that has to be out of the area where you are living then so be it. The taxpayer cannot be expected to fit the bill for your comfort, only your wellbeing.

So yes, my view is that welfare should most definitely be capped. It should have been capped a long time ago, but in the economic trouble we are in this is now not only right but necessary. If the house where you are living costs more than that, this suggests you are living in an area which is too luxurious for the circumstances that you are now in. People have to move house and area all the time due to any number of reasons, and if there isn’t enough money to live in a quiet suburban area, or for that matter London, then it should be necessary to move somewhere that won’t be so much of a drain on the taxpayer.

My only issue with this is that I believe the government is being far too lenient. Welfare should be capped at the lowest level of full time income which we as a country allow by law. Not double it.

For some solutions to youth unemployment have a look here, for the governments current plans to enslave our young please have a look here.

And to read about the oddest conflict between binmen and dinner ladies have a look here.

When did he ever have to scrimp and save a every penny to make ends meet?.He has nothing in common with the some of the people he claims to represent.According to www.direct.gov.uk:Your human rights include:

the right to life.

The right not to be discriminated against in respect of these rights and freedoms.

The plain and simple truth is,there are not enough jobs to go around and/or people lack the necessary skills in either maintaining or retraining in their jobs.I myself am unemployed and at 41 it seems like there is no hope,all i seem to do is fill out endless job applications where it seems there are 30 persons also applying for the same job.In some cases it would seem to be either over qualified for a humble position in a company or too old to be retrained,of course this is never disclosed to you as it would come under discrimination.My recommendation is to cut all this inadequate red tape questions at interview.’Why do you want to work here?’.'What are your strengths and weaknesses?’. ‘What can you bring to the company?’. Amongst other nonsensical questions.I do understand that companies have to know certain things about you but some of the questions i have been asked at interview by a 22 year old who themselves have been in their job for a short period borders on stupidity.

Today’s Britain is far from what is was when my father was working and mother was a housewife.You could only have what you could afford and that went for food,appliances etc;.

In today’s culture people want it now and they don’t care how they obtain it (in some cases).

I am sorry if i have gone a little off topic it’s just my opinion.

Thankyou.

 It’s a sad day when people have to struggle so hard to just get by every day. Sure the churches and homeless shelters can help provide food and belongings when needed but there isn’t a place to call ‘home’. Parents lost their jobs or had to take a lower paying job, and couldn’t afford to pay a mortgage payment or rent, but could only afford food instead.

 Companies that have fired people to save themselves money, are also fighting these same people against their unemployment benefits, so the company can save more money.  And with all the big banks and  foreign banks foreclosing on homes then just turn around and sell them for pennies on the dollar to get some kind of money out of them. It’s a horrible cycle, the rich keep getting richer and they, don’t care about the lives they have destroyed, just to make a dollar.   

 In the light of all of this we are finding alot of people who really care, and want to help. justgive.org is selling newspapers, artists are selling their art to donate the money toward the homeless. And so many others have joined in, teachers who bring extra supplies, or the cafeteria staff that makes weekend lunches for the kids to take home. So next time you’re cleaning out your closet, make that trip down to one of your local homeless shelters instead of that clothes bin in the parking lot. Just so you know they will be going to someone who needs them. 

All of this started supposedly on September 17, 2011 but actually we have to take into account the rest of the world.  The OWS is just the continuation of a cancer that started in the 3rd world countries with the intervention of the IMF and the forceful imposition of its redemption packages. The very same banks that caused the financial crisis that started on 2000 (the press says it started on 2007) were the responsible for the collapse of many nations like Argentina, Ecuador, Japan and many many more.

Sooner of later this sickness had to come home with such a dramatic impact.  Reviewing all the evidence, the origin in the US would be with the presidency of Ronald Reagan.  Reagan handed the country to the service of the supper rich.  Just taking a look to the salaries of workers, these have not increased ever since.  Nowadays, the upper 1% of the people in the US takes in nearly a quarter of the nation‘s income. All the growth that has occurred in our country over the last decade or more has gone to the upper 1%. Much of the wealth of this 1% comes from investments in political capital in Washington [Vanity Fair May 2011] The average American worker was taking home $752 a week in late 2010 while the median pay for top executives at 200 big companies last year was $10.8 million. In fact, the gap between chief executive compensation and average US worker pay rose from a ratio of 263 to 1 in 2009 to 325 to 1 on 2010. [Washington Post Aug 31st 2011] It is estimated that 400 US Americans have more wealth than half of all Americans combined. This exclusive group benefited directly or indirectly from the multi-trillion bailout in 2008, and now they have more cash, stock and property than the assets of 155 million Americans combined.  Globally, the richest 2% owns more than half the household wealth in the entire world and the richest 10% holds 85% of total.

All the info is taken from the book “Confrontational Poetry”

The number of unemployed in Britain reached 2.7 million people (French – Archive)

Unemployment rate in Britain, its highest level in 17 years last November by reaching the level of 8.4%.

Revealed data from the British Office of National Statistics today that the number of unemployed has increased to about 2.7 million people, the highest level of the unemployed since 1994.

She noted that the number of unemployed increased in November / December last by only 118 thousand people.

And the young age group between 16 and 24, the data pointed out that it was the most affected, where the unemployed population reached 1.04 million in individual classrooms to include 22.3% of the owners of this category.

Commenting on the results, described by Prime Minister David Cameron as disappointing, considering it is a tragedy for people who have lost their jobs.
 
The data comes from the Census Bureau, a day after Britain recorded a decline in the rate of inflation to 4.2% in December / December, after it was in the level of 4.8% in November.
 
Predicted analyst at Capital Group research Aakinomax unemployment to rise much higher in the light of the recent economic slowdown experienced by Britain.

He guessed that the data show the results of the last quarter of last year – which will be announced next week – including economic contraction confirms a technical recession of any negative economic growth over two consecutive quarters.
 
The negative consequences for the economy in Britain show that the vulnerability of sovereign debt crisis plaguing a number of euro zone countries, and despite the fact that Britain is not a member of the region, which the government will pay for additional austerity measures to reduce the public budget deficit.
 
The British officials had warned previously that the debt crisis in Europe – the main trading partner for Britain – will cause the deterioration of economic conditions in the United Kingdom.

 
Source: Agencies

The exciting thing about these results is one thing: they show how different they can deal with uncertainty. Retrieved from “doing nothing” to the “start towards self” anything is possible. To make this clear, can be very pleasant and helpful, especially when anxiety threatens to become overpowering.

As long as you see yourself as a victim and can spin around like a leaf in the wind of the circumstances, the fear will only be bigger. If you start today, but so to analyze your personal situation as neutral and honest as possible, you can prepare for various contingencies.

Many people tend to see something like an impending job loss for themselves do not want. They look past it and do nothing. They are made ​​of a termination as hard as the people who are paralyzed from fear just yet and therefore do nothing.

Clear advantage are those that have been in “safe periods” made ​​smart choices they have. At such times you can for example learn additional skills, looking for attractive places, and train others simply by your attitude here, to stay flexible. So you can understand a possible termination as an opportunity rather than doom.