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Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) is an unemployment benefit paid by the Government of the United Kingdom to people who are unemployed and actively seeking work. It is part of the social security benefits system and is intended to cover living expenses while the claimant is out of work.
In its current form, jobseeker's allowance is available without any means testing (i.e., inquiry into people's income or assets) for people who have paid into the National Insurance fund in at least the last two years. People can claim this for up to 182 days. After this, one's income and assets are means tested.
The Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 created the dole system of payments for unemployed workers in the United Kingdom. [8] The dole system provided 39 weeks of unemployment benefits to over 11,000,000 workers—practically the entire civilian working population except domestic service, farmworkers, railway men, and civil servants.
Those under 25 years old are entitled to £56.25 a week in Job Seeker's Allowance (a lower amount than for over 25s). In economic terms youth unemployment equates to £10m a day in lost productivity [20] and the total direct cost of youth unemployment is £4.7bn a year. [21]
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 Description English: The Regulations contained in this Instrument are made by virtue of, or in consequence of, provisions in section 59 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).
Related to programmes through the United Kingdom's Coalition Government's "Work Programme", [3] created by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Jobseeker's (Back to Work Schemes) Bill addressed situations where Jobseeker's Allowance claimants may be asked to work without pay in some circumstances. [4]
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Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a United Kingdom welfare payment for adults younger than the State Pension age who are having difficulty finding work because of their long-term medical condition or a disability. It is a basic income-replacement benefit paid in lieu of wages.