"The high street book store Waterstones has pulled out of a government scheme that employed unpaid jobseekers in its stores after a Guardian investigation uncovered the practice at one of its outlets. More than a dozen other high street chains have been taking on unemployed workers for weeks without pay as part of the government's Work Experience scheme and others like it. In a case lodged in the high court, the government has defended itself against claims that the unpaid work experience schemes are contrary to Human Rights Act legislation on forced labour." - M F

Unbelievable! - Spidra Webster

The bit that really got me when I read earlier articles about this is that the placements/scheme are outsourced to be run by external agencies, and as a result statistics and infomation dont fall under the freedom of information. A side effect of the "big society" and public-private schemes that nobody really noticed early on - Iphigenie

Exactly, the Big Opaque Society - M F