Welfare to Work

Welfare to Work
a phrase used in Britain and the US for government programmes that are aimed at reducing the number of people who are unemployed and receiving money from the State, by creating jobs for them or training them for work.

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  • welfare-to-work — ˌwelfare to ˈwork noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS in Britain, a government policy of encouraging people who are unemployed to stop receiving benefit (= money from the government) and to get jobs instead: • Welfare to work has become a central plank… …   Financial and business terms

  • Welfare to Work — [Welfare to Work] a phrase used in Britain and the US for government programmes that are aimed at reducing the number of people who are unemployed and receiving money from the State, by creating jobs for them or training them for work …   Useful english dictionary

  • welfare-to-work — noun A social program designed to wean those receiving government benefits back into employment …   Wiktionary

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  • work|fare — «WURK FAYR», noun. a welfare program in which recipients of public welfare must work at assigned jobs or enlist in job training: »One of [his] programs is what he calls workfare; he has said that everybody ought to work for what he gets, that… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Welfare Reform Act 2007 — The Welfare Reform Act 2007 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament to alter the British social security system. It was given royal assent on 3 May 2007 and comes into force from that date onwards. A number of sections come into force two months… …   Wikipedia

  • welfare state —    By 1950, it was unremarkable to describe Britain as a ‘welfare state’. Mostly this term referred to the new legislation to promote social welfare, but sometimes it stood for a more general view of social and political culture. References could …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

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