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- n. A person seeking employment.
- n. UK An unemployed person who needs to prove he is looking for work in order to obtain government benefits.
Examples
“Parts of Greater London have also been badly affected: Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea, and Sutton – have suffered the largest increases in the number of long-term jobseeker's allowance claimants.”
The Guardian: TUC survey says new year outlook is bleak for unemployed
“It wants to consolidate the existing 30 or more work-related benefits - such as jobseeker's allowance, housing benefit, child tax credit, working tax credit, income support and employment support allowance - into a single universal payment.”
“Pissarides expressed concern that Osborne will be tempted to look at broader social benefits such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.”
“London School of Economics, advised the Government against cutting broader social benefits such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“The figures revealed the impact of a record recession on the UK's finances as tax revenues were hit and spending on measures to help the economy and on benefits such as jobseeker's allowance rose.”
“The Rossi is used to boost payments such as jobseeker's allowance and housing benefit.”
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“I agree it is not fair to the jobseeker and, frankly, I don't think it's fair to society to limit the employment pool at such a crucial economic time.”
“It may be too easy, and I have had enough run-ins with “Human Resources” (side rant: a slave is a resource, other employees are “personnel”) departments — both as prospective employer and as jobseeker — to be wary of this in some hands.”
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“However, you fail to mention that both the jobseeker's allowance and WCA groups will find that their benefit will be means tested.”
“Bloomberg News A jobseeker entered an employment center in south London in this file photo from Oct. 17.”
The Wall Street Journal: Youth Hit as U.K. Jobless Rate Rises
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