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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Labor ditches Coalition’s $2.5m ‘jobdobber’ hotline for employers

The service let employers report jobseekers who rejected jobs or submitted inappropriate applications

The Labor government has “decommissioned” the Coalition’s controversial $2.5m “dobseeker” or “jobdobber” hotline, after it found few cases of non-compliance among jobseekers.

The hotline, announced in February 2021 as part of a small uplift to welfare benefits, was set up to let employers report jobseekers who turned down jobs or submitted inappropriate applications.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/08/labor-ditches-coalitions-25m-jobdobber-hotline-for-employers

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