Personal Injury
Forcing sick and disabled people to work is morally wrong
We must campaign against proposed Coalition Government plans to force some long-term sick and disabled people being forced to work as revealed in the Guardian last week.
The Guardian reports that the policy could mean those on employment and support allowance who have been placed in the work-related activity group (Wrag) could be compelled to undertake work experience for charities, public bodies and high-street retailers. The Wrag group includes those who have been diagnosed with terminal cancer but have more than six months to live; accident and stroke victims; and some of those with mental health issues.
The newspaper states this could affect over 300,000 in the Wrag group.
As a solicitor who acts for asbestos related cancer sufferers such as mesothelioma and asbestos related lung cancers, I am appalled at these proposals. No-one who has terminal cancer should be forced to work. They need to spend their last few precious months with friends and family, organising their affairs and coming to terms with their diagnosis. The additional stress this scheme could put on them is intolerable, unfair and unjust in a society that should be looking after our sick not forcing them to work.
The biggest irony in all this is that we have millions of fit and healthy unemployed young people desperate to work – why doesn’t this government concentrate on finding them jobs instead of penalising the sick and disabled?
Here at Pannone solicitors we specialise in assisting victims of asbestos related disease and cancer such as mesothelioma to obtain compensation. Call 0800 0384 384 for free legal advice.
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