4:42 pm today

Young people on job seeker benefit struggling to find work

From Checkpoint, 4:42 pm today

Young people on the job seeker benefit say they're barely surviving as they struggle to find work while dealing with threat of losing their only source of income. In August, the government introduced a traffic light system which sanctions those who are not meeting certain obligations. It's managed through a phone call system - but one job seeker says he missed a call from MSD because his phone had been disconnected. Others have told Checkpoint, they are desperately searching for work but there are simply not enough jobs, Bella Craig reports. Minister for Social Development Louise Upston spoke to Lisa Owen.