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Old 11-10-2010, 11:18   #32
martyh
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Re: How should offenders pay ?

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Originally Posted by Gary L View Post
In an area I know the council used to be cutting back the overgrowth and general tidying up all the time. since they've stopped doing it they've put adults who want work experience doing it.

what happened to the people who were employed to do it? have they been made redundant, moved somewhere else, or having a paid break?

it could happen in the future where the council could use it as a means of cutting back. cut the staff and either get adults who want work experience doing it. or get others to do it as a means of payback to the community.
That is always a possibility for the cynics amongst us ,but i am sure/would hope that safegaurds are in place to prevent this ,for example under current employment law if someone is made redundant then no-one is allowed to do that job for 6 months and the person who used to do it has to have first refusal if the job becomes available again so if the parks and gardens dep in your area have laid off x ammount of workers and then set on x ammount of work experience people or convicts on community service then they will be breaking the law
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