Work for the dole schemes takes away real jobs from others?

On average, everyone disagrees with significant nonconsensus between 264 voters.

Reasons To Disagree

not if the dole people have to work for volunteer organisation

Work for dole schemes would be community work like cleaning up graffiti or picking up rubbish on public walkways. These jobs are not done adequately anyway

It is easy to regulate to ensure that this doesn't happen.

it is important that private employers are not able to exploit these workers, but there are lots of things that could be done in and around the community that are not done because it is not financially viable. Work for the dole schemes in the past have been about improving the community environment, improving the job seekers skills and therefore employability. So I think work for the dole has merit.

Target the job not getting done due to unaffordability.

There are several not for profit organizations looking for volunteers all the time. people on the dole should not full a job that is a wage paying job

Reasons To Agree

work for the dole is subsidized work, that the employer will not pay for otherwise because full costs would cut into profits. so it is only stealing a 1/2 job.

It clearly takes the availability of that particular job from others. However, there are a multitude of jobs that people don't like doing which are hard to fill. Making somebody do that work would encourage him to seek better employment and get off the dole.