Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Jacobs, John.
2. Low Pay Unit.

Description

1. xii, 292 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

1. Based on extensive interviews with claimants, staff in the Employment Service and the Department of Social Security, claimant advice agencies and many individual case examples, this book analyzes the effectiveness of the Social Security Act 1989 and the Employment Service.

Series statement

1. The Avebury business school library

Uniform title

1. Avebury business school library

Subject

1. Great Britain. Employment Service Agency
2. Unemployment insurance > Great Britain
3. Social security beneficiaries > Employment > Great Britain
4. Social security beneficiaries > Employment
5. Unemployment insurance
6. unemployment benefit
7. eligibility
8. unemployed
9. long term unemployed
10. public sector
11. employment service
12. job searching
13. social security legislation
14. survey
15. regulation
16. application
17. guaranteed income
18. contributions
19. social security administration
20. public servant
21. attitude
22. vocational information
23. work incentive
24. job seeker
25. behaviour
26. employment opportunity
27. management attitude
28. recruitment
29. statistical table
30. prestations de chômage
31. conditions d'ouverture des droits
32. chômeurs
33. chômeur de longue durée
34. secteur public
35. service de l'emploi
36. recherche d'emploi
37. législation de sécurité sociale
38. enquête
39. réglementation
40. revenu garanti
41. cotisations
42. administration de la sécurité sociale
43. employé des services publics
44. information professionnelle
45. incitation au travail
46. demandeur d'emploi
47. comportement
48. possibilités d'emploi
49. attitude patronale
50. recrutement
51. tableau statistique
52. prestaciones por desempleo
53. elegibilidad
54. desempleados
55. desempleado por largo tiempo
56. sector público
57. servicio de empleo
58. búsqueda de empleo
59. legislación de seguridad social
60. encuesta
61. reglamento
62. aplicación
63. ingreso garantizado
64. cotizaciones
65. administración de la seguridad social
66. empleado de servicio público
67. actitud
68. información profesional
69. incentivo al trabajo
70. solicitante de empleo
71. comportamiento
72. oportunidades de empleo
73. actitud de la dirección
74. contratación
75. cuadros estadísticos
76. Great Britain
77. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
78. Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
79. Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte

Genre/Form

1. comment.
2. illustration.
3. reference.
4. commentaire.
5. référence bibliographique.
6. comentario.
7. ilustración.
8. referencia.

Contents

1. The research : objectives, design and conduct -- Brokerage in the labour market : the role of the employment service -- Eligibility for income support and unemployment benefit after the Social Security Act 1989 -- The effects of the Social Security Act 1989 : the statistics -- Policies for the unemployed : the new framework -- The quality of decisions in the employment service -- The policies in action : how the regulations are applied in practice -- The search for work -- The search for workers -- Attitudes to taking work -- Employing the unemployed -- Regional variations -- The process of claiming benefits : conclusions and recommendations -- The effects of the labour market : conclusions and recommendations -- The claimants' charter -- Appendix 1. The interviews -- Appendix 2. Labour market synopses -- Appendix 3. Screening questionnaire -- Appendix 4. Questionnaire for group interviewees -- Appendix 5. Group interview topic guide.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. "Low Pay Unit Research Trust"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.