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Listed belcu are the kmcun schemes at time of writing. Leter in these instructions
reference is made to the main schemes only.
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SCHEME ~RATIoN TREAT AS
UNITED VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME WAGE ENPLOYSE .
TSAINING ~R SKILLS PRm~ WAGE WLOYEE
YOUNG WORKERS SCHENE WAGE EHPLOYEE
T~ORARY SHORT TIME WAGE IMPLoYEE
WORKING COMPENSATION SCHEME WAGE ENPLoYsE
COWMUNITY PRCG~ WAGE -LOyEE
ACTION FOR C@INUNY7TY EMPLOYMENT (NI) WAGE ENPLOYEE
YOUTH TRAINIWG
YOUTS TRAINING
SCNENE
PR@S~ (NI )
M&CWANCE
ALIJXANCE
UNENPLOYSD
uwEwPx/xEo
JOB TRAINING SCHEMS ALLCWANCE UNENPLOYED
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES SCH~ M.LCMANCE UNENPLDYED
CONMUNITY INOUSTRY PROGRANME ALUXANCE UNEMPLOYED
ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE FEE + ~ANCE SELF-EWPLOYED
Employe. (code 1) Q .1 (a)
An employee is nomeone who, at the. time of interview, has an arrangement with an
employer (another person or an organisation) to work for the latter for a wage or
salary. ‘rhia does not include informants who are on an employer’s bnoks and have
not yet started work.
Employees who are temporarily away from work due to illness or accident, holidayn,
strike, being temporarily laid off or short time vmrking should be coded aa
employ ee.e, as long as they have a job to return to with tha sama ●mplcyer. If they
are guing to a new job, they are to be treated as unemployed.
Note : If a wife is on the books of her husband’ s firm for tax purposes, ahe should
~oded at Q. 1 aa an employee, regardless of hrw many hours ahe works.
Sandvich Student - if a sandwich mtudent haa an arrangenmnt to work for an
en@oyar, and is attending college or uni~rsity at the time of interview, he
should be coded aa an employee (code 1).
Caaual or Seasonal Workers - should ba coded as emplnyeea if, at the time of
inter VIW, they are actually working for an employer. If they are on an enployera
books but not working, they chould ba cod-d 3 or 4, ie not ●~loyed. (Thin mainly
apPlitS to occupations like Imrket reaaarch interviewers, agricultural workerg and
aacretarial bureaux).
Government-Financed Traineea - Where ●n informant is on a Training opportunity
Schame (TOPS) (Attachment Trahing Scheme in NI ) or Youth Training Scheme (Youth
Training Programma in NI ), they are treated aa unemployed.
Wlmre an informant is on a Community Progranuue (CP) (Action for CO!@IUnity
5plnymmnt in NI ) or a Young Workmrs Scheme, tlmy are to be treated aa an ~loyee.
The =in pint to baar in tind is : Allowance = unemployed, wage - smployed.
people with a regular but intarm-ittent urangemmnt to
(such as many school kitchen ntaff) should be coded aa
periods when they are not wmrkfng.
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