After applying for Job Seekers Allowance (JSA), Catherine, 44, also enrolled on a BEng (Hons) in Engineering Technology course through the Open University. However she was shocked when the DWP said she was not being co-operative for stating the only day of the week she could not work, was a Friday - due to being at university. Catherine, from Hull, speaking about the 2015 ordeal, said: “I was prepared to work any hours in any job, just not on a Friday. “I told the Job Centre I would work nightshifts and weekends, but I had university on a Friday and so couldn’t work then. “Our Work Coaches provide personalised support and advice for jobseekers, which includes directing them to training schemes which may suit their career plans.

Source: Daily Mirror February 12, 2020 07:01 UTC