Unpaid work trials are still a 'horror story' and must be banned to stop exploitation
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dailyrecord.co.ukIt is now two years since the debate on my Bill that aimed to ban unfair, unpaid work trials. A Bill that I really believed could change lives, particularly those most vulnerable to precarious work.
That is why it is still so bitter that the UK Government talked out the Bill. Since the Bill was talked out, the Government has been unable to tell me how many people are being asked to complete unpaid work trials, how much, if any, money has been recouped from HMRC as a result of unpaid work trials.
Additionally, I’m still hearing horror stories from the public who are being asked to work hours unpaid, without knowing if they’ll even get the job, if there even is one available.
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