Department of Work and Pensions

Type
Business expansion
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Public Administration And Defence
Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security
Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
6,000 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
26 November 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

The Department for Work and Pensions has announced that it is to recruit 6000 staff to work in JobCentres as levels of unemployment in the UK grow. The announcement reverses the previous policy of the department to close or merge Jobcentres, which had seen a reduction in the number of Jobcentre staff by 16000 with the closure of 492 branches. As of 30 November 2008 it is not known when or at what sites the new jobs will be created, or how many people currently work at all JobCentres in the UK. The Department for Work and Pensions is the department of the UK government responsible for running Jobcentres in the UK.

Sources

  • 26 November 2008: Financial Times

Citation

Eurofound (2008), Department of Work and Pensions, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67518, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67518.