Can you believe it? Work Capacity Test

Here are the 3 recommendations possible from Centrelink's Work Capacity Test

 

1. The client has a permanent disability* and is required to find 15+ hrs work per week
   
   * The condition is diagnosed, controlled, and does not require further medical intervention.
   
   
2. The client has a temporary disability* and is required to find 30+ hrs work per week
   
   * The condition is not controlled etc and requires further medical intervention
   
   
3. Other*
   *This means the client did not bring a medical certificate because the letter of appointment didn't tell them to, thus the whole system is stalled....

 

HUH?

 

Why is a person with an uncontrolled condition required to work full time??? The answer is that with a medical certificate they can get time off!

 

Perhaps this explains why the 16 year old boy who was dying of cancer was required to seek full-time work, as clearly his condition was only temporary? See The poster boy for Howard's "Family Values" (October)