New rules for job seekers
- 20 December 2012 16:13206625courtesy of the independent
Unemployed people will be forced to join up to a government site at the centre of security concerns - as well as posting their CVs online - or face losing their jobseeker's allowance from the new year, it has been announced.
The Universal Jobmatch site was criticised after hackers demonstrated its vulnerability to attack and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith admitted that thousands of fake job adverts had been removed from it.But, speaking this morning, Mr Duncan Smith said that joining it would become compulsory, regardless of whether or not they search for jobs via other means. He said: "We have been clear that this is not mandatory yet and there will be no sanctions for not joining...but mandation will begin in the new year."
The removal of benefit payments will be at the discretion of job centre staff. But some jobseekers have complained that they do not want to upload sensitive information - such as that included in their CV - to a site over which there have been security fears. Channel 4 News reported last month that a group of hackers managed to get personal details from dozens of job applicants signed up to the site, including passwords, national insurance numbers and even scans of their passports. - Keith Sansum1
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20 December 2012 16:15206627Think it should be a near fail safe option this sounds like it isntALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 20 December 2012 16:19206632What's to fear from a company that calls itself "Monster Inc."?Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
- 20 December 2012 19:06206716With regard to the 'Universal Jobmatch' scheme, the DWP does stress in it's Terms & Conditions that every effort shall be made to comply with Data Protection legislation. Then there is this...
"The pensions ombudsman, the official body that looks into complaints about pension schemes, decided to launch an investigation after receiving a complaint of "maladministration causing injustice" from a member of the scheme. But EMC challenged the ombudsman's decision, arguing the parent company fell outside the ombudsman's jurisdiction, and that any ruling would be "unenforceable"."*
The point being:No matter the promises to comply with UK legislation, the whole thing will operate outwith the jurisdiction of UK law. Just as this pension issue does.
*American company EMC avoids probe over 'stealing' UK pension rights
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2012/dec/20/emc-avoids-probe-uk-pension-rights-ombudsmanIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.