Worklessness

Question 1

Claimant count

Answer 1

1. Claimant count
   Defines Unemployed as those who are available for and actively seeking work, and who are in receipt of Job Seeker’s

Question 2

The ILO count

Answer 2

2. The ILO Count
   The International Labour Organisation (ILO) count is the internationally agreed definition of unemployment. Defines the unemployed as those without a job, who have been actively seeking work in the last 4 weeks and who are available to start work in the next 2 weeks, whether they are in receipt of Job Seeker’s Allowance or not.

Question 3

What are all the consequences of individuals job loss

Answer 3

Loss of status and self esteem

Poverty, mounting debts and hardship

Social isolation and exclusion

Loss of identity

More I’ll health and depression

Increasing stress in the family

Question 4

Consequences for society

Answer 4

More discipline at work

More alienation and dissatisfaction at work

An increase in social divisions

More racism and scapegoating

More social problems including family splits

Increased demand on the welfare state