Social Security is doing all it can to help the unemployed find jobs, but it needs the support of employers, minister Deputy Mark Dorey said yesterday.
Social Security Department news
Give jobs to locals first, minister urges bosses
New benefits deal could cost £20m.
SOCIAL SECURITY has put forward proposals that could see £20m. a year spent on improving benefits and tackling poverty in the island.
SSD wants extra focus on those able to work
THE minimum age for claiming supplementary benefit will rise from 16 to 18, if the States approves Social Security proposals.
Social Security hires a permanent office guard
SOCIAL SECURITY has hired a permanent security presence to clamp down on intimidating behaviour by some clients.
£300k benefit cheats foiled by investigators
BENEFIT cheats tried to con islanders out of £300,000 last year, the Guernsey Press can reveal.
Fight for the pension-less widows goes on behind the scenes
WORK to get justice for island women caught out by scrapping the widows’ pension in 2004 is taking place behind the scenes, a deputy has revealed.
Family escapes life on the streets
A MOTHER and her two children have found somewhere to live just a week before they expected to be living on the streets.
Minister denies £3m. overspend
THE Social Security department has denied going £3m. over budget on its computer project.
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