Electronic signing..get it in writing!

[jasta11]

My JC is about to start electronic signing - they already have the little pads installed but are apparently undergoing 'problems' so it won't be operational anytime soon - no surprise there, then!

 

According to what I've learned, as well as being proof that you attended, signing electronically automatically authorises the payment going through and the clerk doesn't have to do it manually. All well and good..until the damn thing goes wrong and there's no record of you having been there to sign on and your payment isn't put through. Even the advisers are worried about this happening and the mess it will create. I see no reason why they can't also retain the usual signing-on sheet as backup but maybe that's too easy.

 

Yes, I'm being pessimistic but we all know what the DWP is like; if it can go wrong it will. We can't do much about it generating payments except to hope it works but make sure you get something in writing from the adviser to at least prove you attended.

 

I always get them to sign and date my jobsearch, both to prove I attended and to stop them trying to raise any doubts after I've left.

 

I distrust JC advisers and computer systems equally - cover yourself at all times!

[Dazza1983]

Agree.I would be very weary of electronically signing on.I would want something in writing to prove i had attended.At least then if something goes wrong then you have proof you were there.

[neword]

So if you go in to "electronically" sign on do you still have to see an advisor to have your jobsearch checked?

 

If thats the case then this is a very expensive way to save the advisor about 1 minute (time taken to be given and sign the booklet)

 

or, heaven's forbid are these machines going to actually replace all those truly loveable and adorable advisor's......................

[jasta11]

Yes, we'll still be dragged in to attend and they'll still check our jobsearch and if it isn't satisfactory then they'll probably not let us sign the pad. One adviser told me electronic signing was to 'remove the human element and prevent mistakes'. I pointed out that the computer systems were designed by humans in the first place. She didn't have an answer to this

 

If they want to truly 'go electronic' then we could sign-on via the internet and submit our JS evidence the same way but this might cause even more problems if emailed evidence went missing - or was 'lost' by the JC. Annoying though it is, I prefer to be seen in person and be satisfied there and then that my jobsearch was fine and the money is going through, rather than sit at home and hope everything is okay and some adviser in a bad mood wasn't going to cause problems.

 

Funny how back in the 70's when I had a spell of unemployment you never got any problems at all - mainly because you weren't asked to show any JS evidence. You walked in, signed and walked out, with no words being spoken. The worst thing that could happen was that the post was late and your Saturday giro didn't arrive until Monday (which was a bitter blow as I loved my Saturday afternoons in my local)

[neword]

Ahhh the 70's...

The reason they did not pressurise you so much then is that there were plenty of jobs going and most people were not on the Dole long.

 

I can remember being made redundant, signing on the next day and starting another job the day after and it did not

only happen just once in that decade. There were more jobs than people out of work and nobody really bothered about

the stigma that is attached to numerous jobs nowadays.

 

Nowadays, you see someone picking up litter and most people think they are people who have been to court and

sentenced to xx hrs community service for their crimes.. In the old days the job was seen as someone working for the

council and being paid to do the job.

 

I suppose that's is where it would have eventually ended up with people doing job search and applying through UJM if it worked correctly and the

electronic signing linked to the UJM system so it could check your JS and issue the payment.

[Lapsed Workaholic]

if Universal Credit and the Universal Jobmatch systems were fit for purpose they would have been fully operational by now.

 

That would mean that all the checks on job search activity would now be automated and checked by computer and any discrepancies or doubts would be automatically notified to the claimant and acted upon.

 

If the act of signing-on becomes automated then there would be no need for desk bound advisers at all. Small wonder that they are resentful of its introduction and react so negatively.

 

This could explain why advisers seem to have relaxed the pressure on claimants to use UJ and concentrate on the more manually orientated work book nonsense. Expect to see them putting all sorts of obstacles in the way of the full implementation of this bit of technology.

[Belfaster]

if Universal Credit and the Universal Jobmatch systems were fit for purpose they would have been fully operational by now.

 

 

 

If the act of signing-on becomes automated then there would be no need for desk bound advisers at all. Small wonder that they are resentful of its introduction and react so negatively.

 

Yep, they don't want to add to the unemployment statistics.

[neword]

But would seeing an advisor sign on and the machine saying their JS was not good enough and sanctioning them be poetic justice?

[jasta11]

But would seeing an advisor sign on and the machine saying their JS was not good enough and sanctioning them be poetic justice?

 

It certainly would I think however they'll always need human advisers to check jobsearch - they could possibly use computers to count how many applications you made via the UJ site but I've never applied for any job via UJ itself, I always use an external method so technically my UJ jobsearch applications reads 'zero' even though I have applied for some and have proof.

 

I've found that if you give the impression you're doing all you can to find work, that's half the battle and any half-decent adviser will accept this, whereas computers are only interested in hard figures; you can't negotiate with them, bluff them or threaten them with complaints to their District Manager and Union:)

 

One thing computers are good at is making a HUGE mess when they go wrong; an adviser making a mistake on a claim can only affect one person - which is bad enough - but if a computer system starts acting up, thousands could be affected.

 

I don't want the advisers to have more time on their hands - that just means they'll poke about in your business more.

[SabreSheep]

My old jobcenter also has the pads for electronic signing already prepared.

 

They also tried the old line "All jobsearch will be recorded on ujm from now on as we will nto be doing paper anymore"

 

She received form me a polite "No chance" and told her to go get the regulations and guidelines that say online record of jobsearch is now mandatory"

 

Unsurprisingly after returning from seeing her manager I was told that they are availabel online. To which I replied "Yes i Know, I have read them and understand that my proof of jobsearch can take many forms including PAPER RECORDS. The following week I even printed out the UJM toolkit with the paragraphs highlghted as well. Was left alone for the next meeting and signed off for new job just after

[ourlaw_is_not_their_law]

I have recently experienced this electronic pad and been deceived into signing this pad multiple times without first receiving lawful information as to the pads purpose. the advisor follows gov policy and tries to justify the pads purpose as being 'documented' in the *my claimant commitment* 'booklet'. We are not 'claimant' 'clients' 'individuals' or legally named PERSONS - people in communities are men, women [children, sons or daughters] living breathing flesh and blood. So why therefore are we deliberately deceived by the civil service - which has a code of conduct by the way - this link if for scotland but is there will be an English equivalent gov scot Resource Doc 923 0110016 pdf url.

The link above clearly states that civil servants MUST: "comply with the - law - and uphold the administration of justice". I verify that civil servants have been deceived also. They have not been taught actual law/common law. cCivil servants are corporate puppets, intentionally indoctrinated like ALL other civil servants to obey rules, regulations/policies and procedures to entrap legally named PERSONS.

 

My local job centre has twice now point blank refused to provide me with lawful information relating to this pad but the advisor has also failed to provide lawful information to which, man or woman within the dwp/job centre is making a superior claim over me [i, a woman] to sign the pad and paper documents. The consequence of which - they've refused to process my benefit claim. I will add I have been honourable and provided ALL relevant info despite the fact I do not need to - because, I revoked consent and do not consent to their fraudulent activities. I have made it clear [in writing] I am happy to comply once the dwp provide lawful info on the two points/request [which are now demands] I have made.

 

What we the people must remember here is we have right which are being stripped from us. Pleas consider the 'political' climate we currently live in. No prejudice expressed here but please consider people who are in crisis but do not have English as their first language. politician are ALLOWING persecuted people to come here because the benefit system is geared to take their signature's fraudulently i.e. the electronic pad. a lot of immigrants/refugees have benefit forms completed on their behalf by civil servant advisors. This is a serious point we must all pay attention to.

i would strongly advise that anyone involved with this electronic pad serves common law notices to their dwp corporation and DEMANDS lawful documentation on this pads purpose. signatures are being stolen every minute of the day and we must seriously question WHY. its time to look to common law, folks.

[Bazooka Boo]

I think you're on the wrong website, this isn't GOODF or any FMOTL nonsense.

[antone]

Agree with Bazooka Boo - the advice offered in post #11 is terrible and should be ignored.