Future Jobs Fun(d)
Future Jobs Fund Future Jobs Fun or FJF was a great example of policy in theory and not in practice which once again looked at tackling short term statistics and not long term issues. Basic FJF eligibility from the part of the employer and employee included: The job must be new and additional to current staffing Be expected to last at least 26 weeks, a minimum of 25hrs per week and pay at least the National Minimum Wage Be of a benefit to the Community Clients need to be 18-24 yrs of age, have been unemployed and claiming JSA for between 39-52 weeks or be long term claimants who are in areas selected for support due to high unemployment Once again on the surface we can assume that this scheme gives young people, or those in areas of high unemployment, an opportunity to find a job however the drawback to the programme more or less undermines the reason for its creation. When the scheme was first announced it worked with a particular slice of our unemploye...