Sunday, August 12, 2012

judge rejected the argument that graduates are forced to work without pay in Poundland was "slave labor" and violated the human rights

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return to work plan criticized as "forced labor" have been declared legal by the Supreme Court.

A judge dismissed the demand for graduates Cait Reilly unemployment, which requires a system to work for free in a discount store Poundland violated human rights laws prohibiting slavery.

Mr Justice Foskett

sitting in the High Court in London, said that "the characterization of this system that participation or be similar to the" slavery "or" forced labor "seems to be a far from contemporary thought. "

Reilly, 23, of Birmingham, and 40 year old unemployed truck driver Jamieson Wilson, of Nottingham, have both stated plans pending that have been violated Article 4 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which prohibits forced labor and slavery.

The judge said both Reilly and Wilson are each entitled to a declaration that there had been violations of law by providing job search, 2011, in their case.

had made mistakes in reporting on Reilly requirements of the work program of the Academy not to consider the system was not mandatory. Wilson had been given insufficient notice of the Community Action Program.

However, the judge ruled he violated the provision of Article 4, and errors do not invalidate the regulations of research grants employment in 2011.

The decision comes as a relief for the government. If I had lost a legal challenge, all systems back-to-work could have been valid.

The judge criticized the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) about the lack of clarity of the letters that warn candidates for a possible loss of benefits if they fail to participate in schemes without good reason, and called for greater clarity.

The DWP said it had revised its letters, but nevertheless intend to use this part of the judgment.


A DWP spokesman said: "We are pleased but not surprised, that the judge according to our plans are not forced labor


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