article_snippet.sent: Passing a law to compel firms to pay compel firms staff to volunteer for charity is hardly in keeping with the spirit of philanthropy. '
article_snippet.sent: Businesses should support Businesses if Businesses want to volunteer, but the architects of this idea cannot pretend that forcing firms to give an additional three days of paid leave will do anything other than add costs.
article_snippet.sent: Time off for charity work and volunteering is a matter for managers and employees to discuss between managers and employees, not a target for heavy-handed government intervention. '
article_snippet.sent: However, just hours after Mr Cameron's announcement, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said companies would not be forced to organise paid time-off for companies employees, suggesting the policy would be unworkable. '
article_snippet.sent: Nobody is forcing anybody to volunteer and no one is forcing companies to organise this volunteering if no one causes problems to the company,' Communities Secretary Eric Pickles told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
article_snippet.sent: Communities Secretary Eric Pickles suggested companies would not be forced to give staff days-off for volunteering under the Prime Minister's plan .