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A WOMAN HAS been awarded €5,000 after she was not considered for a JobBridge internship because she was in receipt of the One Parent Family Payment (OPFP).
Noreen McQuaid brought her claim to the Director of the Equality Tribunal on 16 May 2012 under the Equal Status Acts, 2000 – 2013.
The Equality Officer, Valerie Murtagh, recently ruled in McQuaid’s favour.
Murtagh found that she was “indirectly discriminated against” based on her family and civil status.
“I have taken into account the effect the discrimination had on the complainant and the stress of the incident on her,” Murtagh said, when awarding the compensation.
McQuaid was in receipt of Jobseeker’s Benefit and the associated credits since June 2011. On 15 October 2011, she noticed a local internship vacancy with the JobBridge scheme on the FÁS website that would have been suitable for her.
She submitted an application for the JobBridge placement before the deadline but was not considered as she was in receipt of OPFP. She acknowledged that she might not have been successful in her application but should have at least been considered for the internship.
Unfair
Tens of thousands of people are in receipt of the payment and McQuaid stated that was unfair and “paradoxical” to exclude so many people from JobBridge.
She told the Tribunal that as lone-parents are “an already economically vulnerable group, it is a shame that individuals such as herself, who were actively seeking work and aiming for economic independence were not afforded an equal opportunity to avail of the scheme which could make a real difference to them”.
The Department of Social Protection argued that the eligibility criteria for the JobBridge scheme were not discriminatory, noting it does not come under any specific legislation and was introduced on a pilot basis.
Participants in the scheme must be in receipt of Jobseekers’ Benefit or Jobseekers’ Allowance for 78 days out of the previous six months. They are offered an internship of six or nine months with a host organisation. If they take up the placement, they will keep their social welfare payment and will get an extra €50 per week.
In May 2012 Social Protection Minister Joan Burton extended the scheme and widened eligibility to include people on OPFP.
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Did I just read this..jasyus I did…I did need to get out more..but nobody has ever explained to me why Broccoli goes cold as soon as you cook it..I’ve never had hot Broccoli yet..
@sparky: Broccoli has a very high surface area per unit weight compared to other veg. This high surface area allows for higher rates of heat transfer to occur between the broccoli and the air. The stems of the broccoli are also a lot less dense than other vegetables too so heat transfer occurs more rapidly for that reason as well.
@sparky: always preheat your plate.
Another valuable scientific endeavour….
Thank God for religion, that’s all I can say.
Stephen Hawking must be glad he is still alive to read this. Good to know scientists have their prioritys right. Serious illnesses & research is not important if shoelaces become undone according to these scientists. This is an insult to scientists everywhere.
@Abcd: If you’d bother to actually read the article you’d see that it does have a serious side in preventing injury.
@Jack Cassady: Guess what Jack… turns out God didn’t do this either…
@Paddy Ryan: My shoelaces have not undone since i was about 6. We where taught too secure all footwear & loose clothing especially near any machinery.
@Abcd: move on to ‘é’ and the rest of the alphabet as soon as you can. Then complete your education, concentrating on logic, but not forgetting reading and comprehension. Then read this article once more. If you do not understand it differently the second time around, you are probably ineducable.
Jasus, this article had me in knots.
Double knot always works for me. Takes2 seconds longer to untie but worth it for one pair of athletic shoes with laces that untie within 10 minutes of tying the knot.
Bunny ears, bunny ears, playing by a tree. Criss-crossed the tree, trying to catch me. Bunny ears, Bunny ears, jumped into the hole, popped out the other side beautiful and bold.”
@Colleen McGovern: what you rabbitin’ on about, Willis?
“…unable to lift his foot off the gas…”
Enough of the Yankisms
Hahaha, yet you use an Americanism in your appeal to eschew a ‘Yankism’!
Enough with the Little Englander mentality. The world uses American English and in Ireland we use, increasingly, American spelling. You can color it whatever way you wish, but the English used in Ireland and in our neighboring island is moving toward the American standard.
Seriously
My guess is it’ll be a combination of vibration from the foot/shoe in normal thread action and the laces swinging. The result of both actions causing the knot to work itself loose.
@Paul Downes: My guess is its explained in the article.
Good on you journal. That’s a fine piece of copy and pasting from a piece of news that was reported on around the globe last week.
So, am I right in thinking a bunch of scientists have basically determined through scientific research that lases come undone because we/i don’t make a proper knot?? Out with lases in with velcro. I think we need a tribunal!
Ah lads, this was solved a long time ago. It’s to do with the direction in which you tie the knot. 3 min video on Ted Talks explains it.
Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes
http://go.ted.com/NQ2rKQ
I kid you knot!!!
Who the hell finds this kind of research ? The scouts ?
#Funds#
Jesus these lads are busy
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