A little update on the lad .................
After all the shite that he has had to put up with the dole office, he received a letter yesterday saying that they are going to review his benefits

The letter is demanding that he allows them to make a "home visit / interview" somewhere between 9am and 3:30pm on the 20th of this month.
He wanted to have the interview at the job centre but i've stepped in and told his to let them through the front door so I can sit in on it

Apparently, he has only had his wages topped up once in the 3 months he has been signing on.
They have also refused to confirm that he is even getting his NI paid which is the only reason to sign on nowdays if your in his situation.
I remember when I was signing on in the past.
As soon as you get any job which is less then 16 hours, in theory you can attend and claim your NI BUT believe me, they make it as hard as possible for you. In fact, they affectively forced me to pay my own NI by making me still apply for at least 10 jobs a week (even though I was on a zero hour contract working anywhere from 5 too 50 hours a week) and attend every interview and course they could think off on a weekly basis.
After been sanctioned twice for not turning up to interviews, I walked out before I punched the smarmy Lady bits
Nowdays, I pay my stamp at the end of the year based on my annual earnings.
Because when my business went bang a few years ago and due to the money problems, I personally was a couple of months behind on my NI. Due to this, I never received one friggin penny out of the system in my pocket. All I got was my stamp paid

I honestly think that this is was they are trying to force on my lad because under the rules that was brought in a few years ago ............ If you haven't paid FULL NI contributions for the last 2 years UNBROKEN then you get sweet opps ALL benefits
They also get the added bonus of forcing another person off the unemployment list ............. self-abusers

Good old statistics eh

Matt / Migv6 ...............
He has only been in the job 3 months and is on a 6 month (fire him at the drop of a hat) trial so basically he has opps all working rights
He has a CV but i'll have a word with him anyway

Cheers
