Nothing wrong with making people work, but it must be for minimum wage, as part of benefits. Companies have been using these schemes to get cheap labour, thereby reducing the number of real workers employed. Minimum wage is £6.19 per hour, most people on dole would quite happily work the 11 hours needed to earn their £70 dole.
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21426928
A university graduate has won a legal challenge on appeal, claiming that a government scheme forces people to work without pay.Cait Reilly, 24, claimed that requiring her to work for free at a Poundland store breached laws banning slavery and forced labour.The University of Birmingham geology graduate lost her original case at the High Court, but has now won on appeal.Her solicitors said this could have major implications for jobseekers.
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