【澳纽网编译】随着制裁红绿灯系统于今日生效,政府将加倍计算福利领取者的违规时间。
The government will double how long breaches count against beneficiaries, as the traffic light system for sanctions comes into effect today.
[xyz-ihs snippet=”In-article-ads”]总理克里斯托弗·卢克森和社会发展和就业部长路易丝·厄普斯顿在每周内阁会议后在奥克兰宣布了这些变化。
他们说,内阁已经同意了一系列变化,包括:
- 将未履行义务的福利领取者的影响期从一年延长至两年
- 要求求职者支持接受者每六个月重新申请一次
- 要求所有有工作义务的福利领取者在领取福利之前拥有求职者档案
- 一半的福利将用于一张只能用于有限基本产品和服务的支付卡
- 一项新的社区工作制裁要求福利领取者“建立技能和信心”
- Extending the period a failure to meet obligations counts against a beneficiary from one year to two years
- Requiring Jobseeker Support recipients to reapply every six months
- Requiring all beneficiaries with work obligations to have a jobseeker profile before receiving a benefit
- Half of the benefit will go onto a payment card that can only be used for a limited range of essential products and services
- A new community work sanction requiring beneficiaries to “build skills and confidence”
Upston表示,9月份宣布的National红绿灯系统也将从今天开始生效。扩大该系统的立法将于11月出台,并于2025年初生效。
“我们的福利系统将永远是一个安全网,如果人们摔倒,它就会兜住他们。但在过去的几年里,它已经成为一个拖网,兜住了太多可以工作的人,并允许他们长期依赖求职者福利,”Upston说。
“Our welfare system will always be a safety net that catches people if they fall. But in the past few years it has become a drag net that has captured too many people who can work and allowed them to languish on Jobseeker Support for too long,” Upston said.
“我们的政府不会容忍那些领取求职者支持福利但拒绝履行求职义务的人——勤劳的新西兰人为这些福利支付税款是不公平的。”
在选举前宣布红绿灯系统时,Upston表示,这将使失业者更明确福利下的义务,以及如果他们未能履行这些义务,他们将面临的后果。
该计划包括三个级别:
- 绿色(合规)-履行准备或寻找工作的义务。福利不变
- 橙色(一些风险)-第一次或第二次违反义务,导致额外的要求和支持,如更多的定期检查或参加求职工作坊
- 红色(高风险)-第三次违反义务,其后果包括减少福利、暂停福利、资金管理和/或强制性社区服务
The scheme included three levels:
- Green (compliant) – Meeting obligations to prepare or find work. No change to benefit
- Orange (some risk) – First or second breach of obligations, resulting in additional requirements and support like more regular check-ins or attendance at job workshops
- Red (high risk) – A third breach of obligations, with consequences including benefit reductions, benefit suspension, money management and/or mandatory community work experience
她引用了福利专家咨询小组(WEAG)的一份报告,该报告声称,制裁可以有效地鼓励从福利进入工作岗位,而缺乏制裁只会使福利依赖性根深蒂固。
然而,该引文没有出现在报告中,该团体的几名前成员不同意厄斯顿的观点,称她指的是少数观点,而大多数研究表明,增加制裁对低收入家庭适得其反。
来源:RNZ
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