The 150-page review, conducted by Boston Consulting Group, looked into the $1bn-a-year Disability Employment Services (Des) program. As one jobseeker told the Boston Consulting Group review: “We are just money to them. In particular, the Boston Consulting Group report raises questions about the welfare mutual obligations system. Job agencies even told Boston Consulting Group that mutual obligations “did not, on balance, improve the likelihood of employment”. The social services minister, Anne Ruston, referred to a number of changes to the Des program this week.

Source: The Guardian May 29, 2021 20:00 UTC