I suspect the company were paid for their services and the company themselves chose to do whatever they wanted. If they were paid NMW, would this mean they couldn't claim JSA? I admit I'm not overtly familiar with JSA but my understanding was that you can't claim it if you're doing work.

You can work up to 16 hours a week whilst claiming JSA.

You can't really blame the company when the whole Workfare scheme is sanctioned by the coalition government.

Yes you can blame the company. They were the ones who left the people without shelter not the government. The company may have been using the workforce scheme but it doesn't excuse them for behaving this way.

Yes you can blame the company. They were the ones who left the people without shelter not the government.

Very few companies provide shelter for their employees / volunteers / apprentices. There are also quite a few similar on-the-street jobs where toilet facilities are not provided and you have to make-do as the public would.

If they came all the way down to London to work cleaning the pavements, would you expect more of their employers? Perhaps being put up in a hotel with three meals a day provided? It's not realistic.

i would expect any company to provide facilities for there workforce especially if it means an overnight stay

If they came all the way down to London to work cleaning the pavements, would you expect more of their employers? Perhaps being put up in a hotel with three meals a day provided? It's not realistic.

i would expect any company to provide facilities for there workforce especially if it means an overnight stay

If my company moved me half way across the country to do a job for them, I'd damn well expect them to at least provide a roof over my head while I was doing it.