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Originally Posted by danielf
It seems to me that this is turning into a spectacular coalition own goal. Honestly, if employers are pulling out of 'make claimants work for free' you know you're on to a loser. (Unless, you're called Tesco of course).
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Hats of to the idea tho, the tories never have liked the min wage and this was a clever way to try and evade it.
Thankfully the media did see sense on this and didnt cover it up.
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Originally Posted by Gary L
Tesco is to hold crisis talks with employment officials as the row over the supermarket chain’s use of ‘slave labour’ intensifies.
Several high-profile companies have already pulled out of the Government’s under-fire ‘workfare’ scheme and the food retail giant is getting increasingly jittery after one of its stores was forced to close by protesters.
Tesco says it wants the rules changed to make it clear no one would lose their benefits if they do not wish to continue working.
Tesco is also concerned after thousands of angry customers wrote in and posted messages on its Facebook page, accusing the firm of profiting from hundreds of thousands of hours of forced unpaid work.
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Tesco says it wants the rules changed to make it clear no one would lose their benefits if they do not wish to continue working.
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Interesting, if we see this happen it will show how government works for business. However it still doesnt change it is slave labour breaching min wage laws.