This reminds me of a government scheme some ten years ago or so. Workfair it was called, or something.
In short, someone claiming job seekers allowance would be required to work something like 10 hours a week for a company such as Tesco, or Poundland in order to be eligible for their welfare payments. On the face of it, fair enough. The person gets some work experience and the possibility of being hired.
Except all it really did was provide free labour to companies whose profits were in the billions. And that labour was paid by the tax payer.
And no one in the government at the time either saw how bad that might look, or more likely, cared.
This reminds me of a government scheme some ten years ago or so. Workfair it was called, or something.
In short, someone claiming job seekers allowance would be required to work something like 10 hours a week for a company such as Tesco, or Poundland in order to be eligible for their welfare payments. On the face of it, fair enough. The person gets some work experience and the possibility of being hired.
Except all it really did was provide free labour to companies whose profits were in the billions. And that labour was paid by the tax payer.
And no one in the government at the time either saw how bad that might look, or more likely, cared.
I still think about that.