Jobseekers rights re concientious and ethical objection

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

On recently being proffered a, to me, unacceptable job opportunity for consideration, I was advised by a Jobcenter advisor that I had no right to object on conscientious or ethical grounds.

I was informed that all jobs on the DWP's systems where pre-vetted and deemed ethically "acceptable" by the "government".

I would be grateful if you would clarify this situation for me by answering the following 4 questions:-

1, Have I any right, as a jobseeker to decline making applications for situations that would strongly conflict with my own personal, conscientious and ethical beliefs without breaching my jobseekers agreement?

2, Who or what department conducts the "pre-vetting" and how are they qualified and selected for such work?

If it is considered that I don't have the right to discriminate between prospective employers offered by DWP or their agents on conscientious and ethical grounds:-

3, How does this denial of my free choice to express my conscientious and ethical objections in the choice of my employment vary from the rights of non-jobseekers?

4, What specific law/s gives the DWP the right to control the free expression of my conscientious and ethical beliefs in my choice of who might benefit from my labour?

Yours faithfully

Surplus Labour

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

I have been advised that "Surplus Labour" may not be recognised by yourselves as a natural person, company or association.

I would therefore like to inform you that Surplus Labour is a pen name of Karl Marx.

Yours faithfully,

Surplus Labour

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Dear DWP Adelphi Freedom-of-Information-Request,

Thank you for your reply. Thank you also for following "best practise" in addressing my request. I hope the tendency spreads to some of your more recalcitrant colleagues.

Yours sincerely,

Surplus Labour

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B. Marks left an annotation ()

The problem with using a false name is you won't then be able to complain to the Information Commissioner because he is likely to dismiss an appeal as not a valid request. If you don't want to get the brush off, you need to use your real name!

Surplus Labour left an annotation ()

Thanks B (any relation to K? ;)) Generally good advice I am sure.

Trouble is they will crucify me if they know who I am.

And no I am not paranoid. They are already sanctioning benefits on grounds of later exposed lies from their WP providers.

They have far worse to come. Don't forget, failure to "engage" is whatever they define it as and even while sanctioned you are still mandated to "engage".

From the DWP - G4S work Program contract:-
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Did Not Engage:

"Where a Customer fails to engage, the Job Broker phones the Customer within 30 minutes to ascertain, and record on ISIS, the reason for non-engagement. Where the Customer shows reasonable justification, they rebook their engagement with their Advisor."

"Where no justification is provided, this begins an escalating series of interventions to engage the Customer, including daily telephone calls, texts or emails and attending the Customer’s next signing-on day."

"G4S has a unique partnership with our Utility Services Division to reach Customers with whom we are finding it difficult to engage. G4S Utility Services’ 2,000 field staff can conduct a home visit to any property in the UK within 2 hours of being notified."
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Have you seen some of their Field Staff?

http://tinyurl.com/3wvkrdt

No they have put me in a state of fear (don't worry, the medication helps). If despite my justified fears, they are to deny my otherwise valid requests for information on a technicality and against recommended best practice, I insist that they will at least have to do it in public.

(See my other requests)

Mods... hope this isn't considered "ranty politics". Certainly not meant to be but the circumstances I have been placed in, imo justify my comments. The reasons for my requirement for anonimity is pertinent and directly related to my requests and vice-versa. It need not and should not, by published best practice, disallow my requests but does I accept require some justification. I could link to further evidence of the unprecedented imposition of the Work Program in support of my comments but declined doing so to avoid any suggestion of ranty politics.

robert rymer left an annotation ()

Be aware of using your real name! since making foi requests on here many strange things have happend to me
shame on you birkenhead bdc

Gazz left an annotation ()

When the Government carry out business with a company that has set up a business in a country that is in breach of international law, they themselves show contempt for international law. I believe any claimant has the right to refrain/refuse any association with that company with impunity.

Information requested from a work provider that does commit to business in a country in breach of international law, has yet to respond to my request for information! The request I might add, has been on a personal level and not through the FOI facility. It is said that silence speaks volumes.

Billy fisher left an annotation ()

Why don't you use a false name? There are no checks to see if its valid.