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Originally Posted by martyh
All it will mean is that instead of 6 paid employees picking up litter there will be 12(example) 6 paid and 6 receiving dole ,the job can done by the original 6paid employees so no one loses their jobs
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But will it mean 6 workers doing the same as 1 worker because lets face it, they won't be putting in the same effort as someone doing the same job on full pay.
It will mean that any work will have to be menial as would you trust anyone who's been unemployed for more than 3 years to do something for nothing and expect a level of commitment / standard. It's bad enough when you employ temp workers to a job, anything responsible is a risk. So give that job to someone that doesn't want to be there and not to be paid then you're asking for trouble.
I don't think there is an answer, but doing something is better than nothing, but I think community service isn't the way to go, you might as well turn to crime if the punishment is the same as being unemployed.
And the alternative is to sit in the job centre for 8 hours a day 5 days a week, that's clearly not going to work, and IDS has stated no comment when it comes to reimbursing travel expenses to get there.