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Husband is having a really hard time at the moment with unpaid work. He has to complete 100 hours but has been placed somewhere that's an hour and a half there and an hour and half back so 3 hours travel a day, surely this isn't allowed?. He has to get three trains and a bus. He also receives PIP due to physical health problems but they don't seem to care? He's spoken to both unpaid work supervisor and probation officer a number of times in the past two weeks since he's been sentenced to tell them he's struggling making it there but all they keep saying is due to the offence it's the closest project available. Anyone else' OH had any issues with this and what the next steps are? He really wants to get the hours finished but now experiencing bad migraines from the stress of the travel and hasn't been able to go, they have said it could be a breach.
My person has to travel a similar distance. He leaves the house at 7, gets to the probation office where he joins other offenders and the team supervisor, by 8, then they all go by minibus to the work location arriving for a 9 start. Ridiculous! He would like to do more than one day a week but can't afford the fuel to travel such a distance, and there is no public transport option.
Sadly, there is no empathy or understanding shown.
Can your person make up some hours by doing the online study 'courses'? I think they are called 'Alison'. Some are 2 or 3 hours duration, and do knock off the unpaid work hours. And his travel time on public transport might also count too?
I think he needs to turn up even if unwell, if poss, to show willing and not be in danger of breach, and hopefully the supervisor would not make him work once he got there.
Can he see his GP about this set up being unreasonable and harmful to his health?
Sadly, there is no empathy or understanding shown.
Can your person make up some hours by doing the online study 'courses'? I think they are called 'Alison'. Some are 2 or 3 hours duration, and do knock off the unpaid work hours. And his travel time on public transport might also count too?
I think he needs to turn up even if unwell, if poss, to show willing and not be in danger of breach, and hopefully the supervisor would not make him work once he got there.
Can he see his GP about this set up being unreasonable and harmful to his health?
