Employment and Skills Group

The Employment and Skills Group is a welfare-to-work company in the United Kingdom and one of several companies awarded contracts under the British government's Work Programme. The company was acquired by Interserve in December 2014 at a cost of £25 million.^[1]

Workfare in the United Kingdom

Workfare Programmes	Community Action Programme Mandatory Work Activity Sector Based Work Academies Work Programme Steps to Work Day One Support for Young People Trailblazer Derbyshire “Trailblazer” Mandatory Youth Activity Programme Help to Work

Workfare Providers ('Primes')	A4e Avanta BEST Careers Development Group Employment and Skills Group EOS G4S Ingeus Maximus Newcastle College Pertemps People Development Groups Prospects Services Reed Rehab Seetec Serco Working Links

Workfare Companies	List of British organisations who have participated in workfare programmes

Opposition	Boycott Workfare Solidarity Federation

Litigation	R v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, ex p Reilly Department for Work and Pensions v Information Commissioner

Legislation	Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013

References

↑ http://workingfutures.interserve.com/about/68/interserve_acquires_the_employment___skills_group__esg.htm

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