Will Health & Safety legislation prevent the Govenment introducing its plans to

[Goat Whacker]

force the unemployed to work? Compensation could be setting in.

 

[patrick s]

Why would it,if the law states you must do voluntary work as a criteria for benefits there should be no problems except from the slackers and whingers.

 

[sodding chips]

realistically no but as they were put on forced work placements by the dwp the dwp is still responsible for their well being on the work site and has to cover them with insurance and ppe (personal protection equipment) now seeing as how the building industry is dead i cant wait to see a former hse inspector taking 3 hours to safely remove a dogshit from the pavement. obviously after doing a risk assessment first.

 

[Manxbiker]

how will Health & Safety legislation affect it can you explain

 

[Yes Master]

It will never work,it would take huge adminstration to run it successfully,think of the cost in safety equipment,transport,bosses,supervisors,paperwork,appeals,compensation for accidents against the dept. work and pensions,theft of equipment,unions would be set up,it would just go on and on and achieve trouble,chaos,the only way it could work is by starting national service

 

[jack h]

Not really, they are listing the forced labour as "voluntary" work to avoid H&S legislation and Minimum pay legislation.

 

[Alfred]

You would hope that basic common sense would prevent it, even if the Human Rights Ac, minimum wage and anti-slavery laws don't. But I doubt anything will stop them. It will be an expensive and humiliating waste of time and money, but it will keep their core supporters slavering nastily.