‘Regular workers not in danger’
PA Wellington Persons sentenced by the courts to do community service would not displace regular workers said the Minister of Justice (Mr McLay) yesterday. He was speaking at a press conference to brief the news media on the new community service sentence to be introduced in the courts next week. "We are anxious to ensure that persons sentenced to community service do not in any way infringe on or displace people normally engaged in gainful employ-! ment,” Mr McLay said.
The Federation of Labour had been kept informed -by the Justice Department on the system and there had been no expression of dis-; approval, he said. The F.0.L.1 had been co-operative and helpful. I Under the new scheme, an' offender can be sentenced to do eight to 200 hours of! community service. ■ An offender so sentenced; will continue to live and work in the community but! during leisure hours wiil| give unpaid service to some) community group.
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Press, 30 January 1981, Page 2
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