tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post1040581792905813652..comments2023-07-04T16:57:28.929+01:00Comments on Where's the Benefit?: Workfare: Exploitative and cruel, especially for disabled peopleLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714918894319998184noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-7241276115746707822011-11-08T21:23:42.639+00:002011-11-08T21:23:42.639+00:00oh, ffs. If there's work that needs doing for ...oh, ffs. If there's work that needs doing for 30hrs/week for all these unemployed people to do, then employ them, pay them, and let them keep doing it. That gets them into work, off JSA and is better for everyone.<br /><br />Oh, except the big companies who're getting slave labour for nothing. And kudos for 'helping' the unemployed.<br /><br />The very very small majority who then get fired because they're late, lazy, whatever, fine. They get the usual punishment of not being able to sign back on for however long if you got fired and it was your own fault.<br /><br />But to punish the unemployed because you've screwed the economy is unspeakable. There again, I'm hardly surprised now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7999633524276247455.post-28884012558422149582011-11-08T18:16:52.438+00:002011-11-08T18:16:52.438+00:00There are real questions about the legality of sch...There are real questions about the legality of schemes which are effectively forced labour - for this reason, I am optimistic that it can't happen. And of course, where does this work come from? If there's work that needs doing now and it's not being done, that's bad. But otherwise, you're taking away people's jobs in order to give unemployed people something to do (again, not legal).<br /><br />This is all about punishing people for their bad luck and nothing about trying to help people. During an economic phase like this, it is absolutely inevitable that thousands of people will be out of work for two years or more.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.com