New finding: jobseekers subject to mutual obligations take longer to find work
- Written by Ruud Gerards, Coordinating Senior Researcher, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market , Maastricht University
New Africa/ShutterstockUnder so-called mutual obligation rules, the Australian government requires the unemployed to complete activities (including training and applying for a certain number of jobs) in return for receiving unemployment benefits.
Failure to comply attracts demerit points which can lead to the loss of benefits.
The goal is meant to...
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