“@shivmalik1 Shiv Malik
@consentmeuk work exp. can be #workfare for sure but signing up to compact doesn’t make it automatic that exploitative progs are happening.”
https://twitter.com/#!/shivmalik1/status/168022786831425537
Names of 100+ confirmed forced unpaid Workfare placement providers
http://www.consent.me.uk/workfareproviders/
The organisations below have signed up to the ConDem coalition’s ‘Business Compact‘, which can also include forced unpaid work (workfare), which is currently being challenged in the High Court as a breach of Human Rights, that being it is forced labour (slavery).
“100 companies pledge to open up work-experience opportunities”
Leading charities pledge support for £1 billion Youth Contract to tackle unemployment
The Youth Contract supports the creation of an additional 250,000 work experience places through the Department for Work and Pension’s work experience and sector-based work academies programmes. (workfare)
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/leading-charities-pledge-support-%C2%A31-billion-youth-contract-tackle-unemployment
£1 billion package to tackle youth unemployment
“An extra 250,000 Work Experience (workfare experience placements = wep) places …”
http://www.dpm.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/news/1-billion-package-tackle-youth-unemployment
“Adecco: is actively providing unemployed young people with invaluable work experience
Greggs: Work Experience programmes, working with organisations such as Job Centre Plus
Tesco: We also work with Jobcentre Plus to offer work experience placements to young unemployed people.”
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/business-compact-case-studies-detailed
Unions call on UK high street giants to halt unpaid work schemes
Usdaw wants chains to follow Sainsbury’s and Waterstones and end long-term unpaid labour for young unemployed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/feb/10/unions-shops-unpaid-work-schemes
As the Goverment use the term ‘Work Experience’ to mean Mandatory forced unpaid workfare labour, such as Jobcentre Plus Work Experience Placements (WEP) for young people, it can be difficult to decipher what is meant by the term “Work Experience”, no doubt this is deliberate obfuscation.
The following businesses and organisations have signed up to the Compact:
*Confirmed provider of workfare
A4E*
Accenture
ACCA
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Adecco Group UK & Ireland*
Airbus
Allen and Overy
Alliance Boots
Anchor Trust
Arriva*
Asda*
Ashurst LLP
Associated Newspapers
Association of Accounting Technicians
Atkins
Aviva plc
AXA
BAE Systems
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Bar Council
Barcelo Hotels UK
Barclays
Bauer Media Group
BP
BT Group
Cancer Research UK
Carillion
Centrica
Channel 4
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
Citi
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP
Coca Cola Enterprises
Coca Cola Great Britain
Compass Group
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
E.ON UK
Ernst & Young
Evening Press Corporation
Eversheds
Everything Everywhere (Orange/T-Mobile)
Experian
Fujitsu
G4S UK
GE
Greggs*
GSK
Guardian News & Media
Hewlett Packard
Hilton Worldwide
Hogan Lovells
House of Fraser
HSBC
IBM
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Institute of Healthcare Management
Irwin Mitchell
Jaguar Landrover
J.P. Morgan
Jurys Inn Hotels
Kempt
KPMG
Legal Services Board
Liberal Democrats Headquarters
Loreal (UK)
Marks & Spencer
McDonalds*
McGinley Support Services
Mears Group
Media Trust
Microsoft
MITIE Group PLC
Morrisons
Mothercare/Early Learning Centre
National Grid
Nationwide Building Society
Nestle UK & Ireland
NHS Employers
Norton Rose
O2
Pertemps*
Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA)
P&G
Prudential UK & Europe
PWC
Radio Independents Group
Red Consultancy
Research In Motion (Blackberry)
Royal Academy of Engineering
Royal Institute of British Architects
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
RBS
RWE Npower
Sainsbury’s* (now withdrawn from WEP)
Santander UK
Serco
Shell
Siemens
Simmons & Simmons LLP
Sony
Starbucks
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Global Beverages
Tata Steel
Teach First
Teleperformance
Tesco*
The Co-operative Group
University Partnerships Programme (UPP)
Vodafone
Watershed PR
Wates Group
WPP
Updated 10 02 12
