Unemployed graduate sues ministers for being 'forced' to stack shelves in Poundland
 

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You are not in China
Cheer up.


And Love
you are getting Paid via your Benefits


"Now lawyers acting for the geology graduate have launched proceedings claiming that she had been made to carry out 'forced labour' or lose her benefits."

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I don't have much sympathy for her, but I have a lot less for the bankers who instead of being forced to sack shelves received £millions in bonuses

'museum sector'
Wasn't even aware there was one :laugh:

But on a serious note, if the conditions of Job Seekers Allowance is so serious why is it the first time that we're hearing of it?

I've no sympathy for her, in this economy you work any jobs you can. An inflated sense of self worth will get her nowhere.

Very Valid Points Dezzy

She got the Right Lawyer.
and is young.


But this Stinks

She is Getting Paid all the time
via her benefits

That's what happens with a generation who have been brought up to have a sense of entitlement and an over-inflated sense of self worth. A lot of graduates these days have degrees that are of no use to any employer - whose fault is that? She should be grateful she has a job at all.

What a ****. She's on benefits, so as far as I'm concerned she accepted all the terms and conditions that came with them, ergo, its only her own fault for winding up in Poundland. Not the government's.

She should stop whining and be grateful she has a job. There are so many people out there who are jobless.

i'm sorry, am i missing something? How is anyone FORCED to take a job??? No one's forcing her to do anything, if you don't like it quit, dumb betch.

She doesn't have a job, she's being ordered to do this work at Poundland unpaid or lose her benefits despite the fact that she was already doing voluntary work, it's stupid

so she's getting money to do work... i'm sorry, what's the problem?? i don't understand.

She thinks she should get her Money benefits and sit at home.
Thats what 13 years of New Labour Power Did before now.


So She Claims she is being Forced.
Of Course she gets Money each week
from the UK Benefits office.


If she stopped working there
they would End her Benefits.

She's on benefits and was doing voluntary work at the same time, now she's being forced to do work in Poundland instead while still not getting paid what she would if it was a proper job, it's ridiculous, if Poundland can create these jobs for people to do as unpaid labour then why can't they actually give people actual jobs??

I dunno if people are misunderstanding this or something, this is not a job, most were against thus idea not long ago http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...d.php?t=191490

so why doesn't she get a job at poundland and stop claiming benefits then??

Because for some reason Poundland can't offer a proper job but they can offer these unpaid "work placements" instead

I don't understand. Have they stopped her taking voluntary work in a sector she's interested in and wants a career in to be forced to do shifts in Poundland?

That's the rules for all people claiming JSA - it's supposed to give people some work experience, particularly those like her who've probably never done a day's work in their lives. She's not a special case, so why does she think she's exempt from the rules?

Yeah pretty much, in order to keep her benefits. She has a right to be annoyed really.

She was already doing voluntary work experience, and in the sector where she actually wants to work full time - a heck of a lot more useful than sweeping floors at Poundland

IF she would get paid more as an employee of poundland than she does on her benefits then she has every right to be angry.

How can Poundland get away with having non-paid volunteers if those volunteerrs arn't making minimum wage? That makes no sense. Sounds like she's making a good point.

This is the government/tax payers subsidizing Poundland for free labor.

Is Poundland a government business? or is it a private business?? I'm American so i don't know exactly what Poundland is, is it like the Salvation Army?

Yes she can get Angry
But No waste Legal Aid on a Human Rights Con. ( with a Lawyer)


She Gets Paid
working at poundland for nothing - will not Kill Her

Yeah exactly, and no Poundland is a private business and nothing like the Salvation Army :laugh: it's just a cheap supermarket kind of place

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Its the Same as 99c Stores


and her benefits are more than poundland basic wages

But if you've studied hard for a degree in Geology and then made to sweep floors at poundland just to get your benefits, when you've been doing voulantary work anyway, could be quite demoralizing

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She Picked the Wrong Subjects


Life Is Hard.

She is Doing Well.
Even in the News