Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A form of welfare in which capable adults are required to perform work, often in public-service jobs, as a condition of receiving aid.
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- noun US A form of
welfare in which people are required towork as acondition of receivingaid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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DeLessio once called the workfare component "a stupid program."
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DeLessio once called the workfare component "a stupid program."
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In fact, these sort of "workfare" programmes already existed under the previous government, which is one reason you haven't heard Labour condemn them.
Great reforms in principle, quick and painful cuts in practice Andrew Rawnsley 2010
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In 1986, Mead's big idea was to push welfare recipients into jobs – an approach that came to be known as "workfare".
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Although it was blocked by Gordon Brown at the time, that review set the groundwork which James Purnell built on during his spell in the DWP brief, and it established a broad political consensus around "workfare" policy.
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In today's WSJ,, Rudy and Newt are urging "workfare" for Iraq:
If it didn’t work here, maybe it will work in Iraq - Swampland - TIME.com 2007
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Although it was blocked by Gordon Brown at the time, that review set the groundwork which James Purnell built on during his spell in the DWP brief, and it established a broad political consensus around "workfare" policy.
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Not only would is it more honest of the government to stop the politically-motivated practice of shifting people off JSA on to IB, but it also brings thousands of people closer to the labour market, into the kind of workfare schemes which are more likely to see them permanently employed.
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He sided with the Republicans to "end welfare as we know it" by eliminating Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and imposing draconian "workfare" requirements on poor families who received federal aid.
Joseph A. Palermo: The GOP Deserves Its Current State of Isolation 2009
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The law ended the principle of indefinite cash handouts and penalized states if they failed to introduce tough "workfare" programs, forcing beneficiaries to move into employment.
U.S. Anti-Poverty Efforts Fall Short Oxford Analytica 2006
tivo87 commented on the word workfare
I'm debating whether one should have to work in order to receive income support. What are your thoughts?
September 28, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word workfare
I'm worried about the baggage retrieval system they've got at Heathrow. Link.
September 28, 2011