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Old 10th June 2009, 02:44 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by AlanG View Post
yeah, can't remember the exact rule but if the unemployment figures are released every two months, you are on dole for 7 weeks, week 8 you go onto new deal and as if by magic you don't count on the figures. a week later the new deal placement goes and it's back to the dole for 7 weeks.

Or whatever the equivalent figure is.

But woohoo targets were met and boxes were ticked.
in fairness, we use a few sneaky rules like that at work on contracts and deadlines and the like. Can't say its a government exclusive methodology.
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