Originally posted on the void:
Shoezone are in the firing line on social media over their use of unpaid workers after
@boycottworkfare
tweeted the
latest list
of companies using Traineeships to avoid paying their staff.
Traineeship are the latest attempt by the Tories to introduce workfare for private companies by stealth. There is no pretence that Traineeships will lead to a real job with proper wages. According to the DWP these schemes, which can involve up to six months of unpaid work, are to ‘prepare’ people for becoming Apprentices, at below the minimum wage.
George Osborne announced before Christmas that young, unemployed people between the age of 18 and 21 will be forced to attend either a Traineeship, other unpaid work experience position or face a Community Work Placement. That means young people who refuse to work in Shoezone for free will be forced to carry out 780 hours community work instead – for…
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