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Internship with no equal rights!

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  • 11-11-2011 9:26pm
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    Tjay11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi, I was recently accepted to start an internship as a Tutor, so I went to social welfare office with the forms to check eligibility. They told me I would not qualify because my partner is signing for me. My partner has been out of work and signing JSA for the two of us and our son for about 2 and a half years and I have been in college for 6 years. After completing my degree I was hoping to start working yet I am being refused this vital experience. I was told that my partner would be eligible but I wouldn’t. Unless I’m missing the point, this indicates to me that I am seen as having unequal options to my partner. It would also suggest that I would have to be a single woman or a man to avail of this opportunity. I would appreciate it if anyone could inform me as to why this is the case…
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    Delancey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭Delancey


    Folks in the State Benefits forum would probably have a good idea.


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