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Many unemployed workers are being forced to do things that, according to the letter of the law, they do not have to do. Have a look below at the Government’s official jobseeker requirements tables to ensure the mutual obligation requirement activities your are being told to do by your job agent are fair. For a guide to the deliberately confusing jargon and acronyms, click here. Are you doing something you don’t have to? Check below:

The Australian, 16/12/15 Rick Morton, Michael Owen The government is walking away from its flagship Work for the Dole scheme and will save $127 million by restricting the program and its contingent intensive support to unemployed people under 25. The money will be recouped over three years from the program that was at one stage due to have 150,000 participants across the country. Between July and September this year, the vast majority of work-for-the-dole participants were

Dear Senator,   As the Secretary of the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union (AUWU), on the 13th of November I gave evidence at the Senate Committee inquiry into the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Further Strengthening Job Seeker Compliance) Bill 2015.   By proposing to give the already dysfunctional and unregulated Employment Services Industry unprecedented new powers to financially penalise unemployed workers, this bill represents a devastating attack on Australia’s most vulnerable.   The risks associated with

Today is the worst time in Australian post-war history to be unemployed. The AUWU have identified three major attacks currently being directed against unemployed workers. Firstly there is the low rate of Newstart, which is currently $381.10 per fortnight below the poverty line for a single unemployed worker, assuming they are receiving maximum rent assistance. The last time Newstart was increased in real terms was in 1994. Secondly, there is Australia’s ongoing unemployment crisis. Going