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Back to work schemes are not forced labour or slavery (News, 23 August 2012)

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Published on: 23 August 2012
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The factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a Government back-to-work scheme amounts to forced labour or slavery so as to be unlawful under the European Convention on Human Rights have been highlighted by the High Court in R (on the application of Reilly and Wilson) v SoS for Work and Pensions in which the Court held that two such schemes were not unlawful.

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