Policing the workshy
Subtitle: benefit controls, the labour market and the unemployed
By: Alex Bryson, John Jacobs.
Contributors: Jacobs, John.; Low Pay Unit.
Series: The Avebury business school library
Publisher: Avebury
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Brookfield, Vt., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Great Britain. Employment Service Agency; Insurance, Unemployment -- Great Britain; Social security beneficiaries -- Employment -- Great Britain
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Low Pay Unit, research trust"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: The research : objectives, design and conduct; title: Brokerage in the labour market : the role of the employment service; title: Eligibility for income support and unemployment benefit after the Social Security Act 1989; title: The effects of the Social Security Act 1989 : the statistics; title: Policies for the unemployed : the new framework; title: The quality of decisions in the employment service; title: The policies in action : how the regulations are applied in practice; title: The search for work; title: The search for workers; title: Attitudes to taking work; title: Employing the unemployed; title: Regional variations; title: The process of claiming benefits : conclusions and recommendations; title: The effects of the labour market : conclusions and recommendations; title: The claimants' charter; title: Appendix 1. The interviews; title: Appendix 2. Labour market synopses; title: Appendix 3. Screening questionnaire; title: Appendix 4. Questionnaire for group interviewees; title: Appendix 5. Group interview topic guide.