mutual obligations framed as harmful, worsening jobseeker employability
The article cites evidence that mutual obligations 'can worsen a jobseeker's employability' and links them to the 'pernicious myth of the "dole bludger"', using scare quotes to delegitimise the concept.
“And it acknowledged that many experts had been calling for mutual obligations to be abolished, with evidence showing that they can worsen a jobseeker's employability because they take time away from genuine job search efforts and training.”
