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Arthurgray50@blu · 19-02-2013, 13:45

I will make several points on this concerning 'shirkers' and unpaid labour.

What this idiot from the Tories is trying to do is prove a point about the unemployed. Some will refuse to work as they are paid more on benefits and some that cannot get work.

When l was out of work for TWO years, yes l was on beneift, yes l was ordered to do schemes by the JC, BUT these schemes are a total waste of time, all they do is teach you how to approach an employer, how to write a CV, if you see a building site go and enquire who will be there ie supermarkets etc.

The scheme that you work for a company for FREE for up to a month or more to get your benefit. This to me is slave labour and should be totally banned. Companies get paid by the government to run these, companies are not stupid, if they know they will get a quid out of it they will.

My son who is diabled got a job with a well known store and was treated like a leper - yes not every company is the same.

IF that company gives you a contract at the end of the scheme - which is remote, then the schemes are not worth it.

My biggest theory is that new jobs of today are normaally through agencies, and the pay is rubbish and thats why people think that why should l work for nothing.

I worked very hard to get of the employment register and they still said l didn't work hard enough to get work - l loost two jobs due to the JC insisting that l signed on first.

19-02-2013, 13:45	#141
Arthurgray50@blu Inactive Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 6,798	Re: Unpaid workschemes are illegal I will make several points on this concerning 'shirkers' and unpaid labour. What this idiot from the Tories is trying to do is prove a point about the unemployed. Some will refuse to work as they are paid more on benefits and some that cannot get work. When l was out of work for TWO years, yes l was on beneift, yes l was ordered to do schemes by the JC, BUT these schemes are a total waste of time, all they do is teach you how to approach an employer, how to write a CV, if you see a building site go and enquire who will be there ie supermarkets etc. The scheme that you work for a company for FREE for up to a month or more to get your benefit. This to me is slave labour and should be totally banned. Companies get paid by the government to run these, companies are not stupid, if they know they will get a quid out of it they will. My son who is diabled got a job with a well known store and was treated like a leper - yes not every company is the same. IF that company gives you a contract at the end of the scheme - which is remote, then the schemes are not worth it. My biggest theory is that new jobs of today are normaally through agencies, and the pay is rubbish and thats why people think that why should l work for nothing. I worked very hard to get of the employment register and they still said l didn't work hard enough to get work - l loost two jobs due to the JC insisting that l signed on first.