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Ugguy should not get a sanction. The DWP got their backsides well and truly kicked by the High Court last year over the legality of these schemes.
As a result, the first week as to be treated as voluntary, so if the 'volunteer' leaves within the first week they cannot legally be sanctioned.
It's thanks to the hard work of BoycottWorkfare and KeepVolunteeringVoluntary and the public pressure they generate that a growing number of businesses and charities are dumping the schemes.
These schemes are not just demoralising for those forced to take part, they are also demoralising for the staff who are having their hours slashed by 50% (B&M stores), or who lost their jobs to make way for free labour (Tesco 'trimmed' staffing levels by 20,000 when they joined-up to MWP).
Do you have a source to this 'Backside kicking'? Id like to have a look.0 -
xapprenticex wrote: »Do you have a source to this 'Backside kicking'? Id like to have a look.
I suspect the poster might be thinking about this....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-214269280
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