> "5th Horseman of the Apocalypse!" <> wrote in message
> news:7934e7b8-5419-4af9-ba78-...
> My friend recently began a 26 week New Deal program during which he
> must attend a work-based placement for four days and an agency (A4E)
> for half day when he does job search.
>
> His travel expenses to his placement have come to £20 or thereabouts
> and in anticipation of having these expenses reimbursed he kept his
> bus tickets.
>
> A4E have paid him only £10 saying that he should have bought a weekly
> ticket. He didn't have enough money to buy such a ticket at the
> beginning of the week and in any case, they cost £15. I understand
> that the first £4 of travel expenses are not taken in to account but
> neither he nor I can understand why he's only been paid £10.
They should pay the full amount, keeping £4 is their idea of covering admin
costs, they are not supposed to do that, but no one complains about it. The
£15 a week is supposed to cover your food costs, thats £3 a day to buy
lunch. Fares are seperate.
>
> Can his agency insist on their clients buying a weekly ticket or must
> they pay travel expenses no matter what they cost? He used the
> cheapest means of travel as he was instructed. It doesn't seem right
> or fair to me and I advised him to speak to his New Deal advisor at
> the Job Centre.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
They sent him on placement so they have to pay his fares. If they wont pay,
he must put a complaint in writing to the manager of A4e, telling them he
cant afford to go on placements until they sort his fares out. They should
see sense, then again, knowing that lot, they will want to make a federal
case out of it.
Normally I would say smash the place up and tell them to **** off, and
refuse to go on placements as the cunts wont pay the fares, that would work
just as well, but I have calmed down a bit since I was last on A4e,
sanctimonious bastards the lot of them.
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