It will be trialled at 90 jobcentres
Jobcentre staff who manage to get the most people back into work will be given up to £250 in vouchers under a new Department for Work and Pensions scheme. The DWP says .
The Public and Commercial Services Union has previously warned the scheme could increase the number of claimants being sanctioned. Martin Cavanagh, the union’s DWP Group President, said: "Asking more customers to travel more often into job centres does nothing to help our staff or their workloads." A total of 90 Jobcentres will be involved in the trial, with 30 testing just the rewards scheme and 30 trialling just the "enhanced daily support" scheme. A further 30 Jobcentres will test both the rewards and "enhanced daily support", the Mirror reports.A spokesperson for the DWP told The Mirror: "It is right that we reward our staff when they go above and beyond, and helping people to secure, stay in, and succeed in work is a key government priority.
"DWP has an existing in-year reward policy which allows for recognition in the form of both individual and team-based awards in the form of vouchers to colleagues."
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