[Tagging] Tagging a government job centre

[António Madeira]

Portugal has a very similar social structure from that of England's , so
I relate to what you wrote.
Although an employment centre is not an office that governs, like Tom
Pfeifer wrote, (nevertheless we could argue they govern/regulate the
unemployed and the work market) it operates very differently from an
employment agency (the difference in the name is not incidental) and I
think that should be stated or even differentiated in the wiki.


Às 09:07 de 11/10/2020, Paul Allen escreveu:
> 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 <mailto: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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