workfares
/ˈwɜrkˌfɛrz/
noun
- A government program that requires unemployed people receiving welfare benefits to do community work or job training in exchange for their payments.
- The city introduced workfares to help long-term unemployed people gain job experience.
- Under workfares, participants must work 20 hours per week at a local nonprofit.
- Critics argue that workfares often place people in low-skill jobs without leading to real employment.