The Irish Government “work placement program” is an initiative aimed at providing unemployed people with work experience . Participants in the WPP can retain their social welfare entitlements – but get no pay from the employers. It has not produced great results – and as at the start of May 2010 just over one third […]
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Changes to FAS Work Placement Scheme
We wrote about the FAS Work Placement Scheme that was launched back in June 2009. Some changes to this scheme were announced recently – which will make it accessible to more people from December 1st 2009. For unemployed participants the following criteria have been amended: Recipients of most social welfare payments, including Job Seekers’ Allowance […]
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Free Third Level Courses for Unemployed
It may be too little , too late – but it’s better than nothing. The government announced yesterday that unemployed workers will have access to 2,500 new places on part-time undergraduate and postgraduate courses from September 2009 – according to the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD. 1,500 of them will be on […]
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FAS Work Placement Programme for Unemployed Graduates
From 2 June 2009 if you have been getting Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) for at least 6 months or if you are on short-time working you may be eligible for a new FAS activation programme. The FÁS Work Placement Programme will provide 6 months’ work experience for 2,000 unemployed people who have been getting Jobseeker’s Allowance […]
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