Mr. Robbert Lynch:

As we noted in our documentation, one thing to be addressed is giving the opportunity to people to do this. The welfare system is very black and white; you are on a payment or you are not. This is particularly the case with jobseekers. People do not have the opportunity to try, to test or to give something a go on the basis that if it works, that is great; and if it does not, they can come back. It is very much the case that someone is on a payment or they are not. You can work a maximum number of days, but if you work any more than that there is no payment. That needs to be looked at in the context of hours-versus-days in order to give people the opportunity to test the water and see if it works out and if it is for them. If it is not, they should have the safeguard of returning to their payment while they continue to look for relevant and appropriate work.