[Tagging] Tagging a government job centre
Paul Allen
pla16021 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 11 12:07:26 UTC 2020
Sigh. Managed to hit some keystroke combination on this damned
laptop that triggered a send. Now what I intended to write...
On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 at 02:16, António Madeira via Tagging <
tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
Anyway, maybe the wiki could be updated to reflect the entire scope of
> the office=employment_agency
>
Perhaps. With qualifications and exceptions. In the UK there were
differences between Jobcentres and employment agencies. Those
differences became more pronounced when Jobcentres turned
into Jobcentres+ (or is that Jobcentre+s?).
Employment agencies are happy to have you on their books even if you are
currently employed and many will notify you by e-mail if suitable
opportunities
arise; Jobcentres deal with the unemployed who are looking for work.
If you sign up with an employment agency you do not receive any
money for doing so; signing up with a Jobcentre is how you
qualify for unemployment benefit.
[Now the new/fixed stuff]
Jobcentres merged with the Benefits Agency (which handled benefits
other than unemployment benefits) and so pay out money for more
than just unemployment; employment agencies don't pay out any of
those benefits either.
Jobcentres are staffed by civil servants and are part of the
Department of Work and Pensions (a branch of government);
employment agencies are non-governmental.
I'd say UK Jobcentre+s are definitely office=government rather
than office=employment_agency because they ARE government
offices and do things that employment agencies do not.
I'd settle for government=employment_agency even though
they do more than just that.
--
Paul
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