John McArthur is sanctioned by jobcentre after refusing forced labour’ at firm where he was previously paid minimum wage
A man who was let go at the stop of a temporary job has been ordered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to work for the same firm for six months without pay.
Electronics specialist John McArthur,now unemployed, says he is living off 16p tins of spaghetti and without heating after being sanctioned by a jobcentre for refusing to work unpaid for LAMH Recycle in Motherwell, and a Scottish social enterprise.
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Source: theguardian.com