[Tom4784]

People on benefits are easy targets, they've been demonised by tabloids and politicians so much that no one will bat an eyelid when they're mistreated and abused. Some of the schemes that have come to fruition in recent years are damn close to being human rights abuse.

I've got a friend who's on a program which basically forces her to go to the job centre for 37 hours a week and just job search. She's told me that she's not allowed to stretch her legs and she pretty much has to beg to go to the toilet without being sanctioned. Forcing people to sit in front of computers all day without regular breaks is breaking so many of the governments own health and safety regulations, why are jobseekers treated like lesser human beings? why are the government allowed to break their own laws when it comes to the unemployed?

I've got another friend who's on this thing called Daily Sign On which basically forces him to come sign on every day and it costs him a ton of money since they refuse to pay travel expenses. Worst of all is that he was about to start a construction course and had some voluntary work lined up. These schemes aren't helping people and I'm willing to bet that in a lot of cases they are actively detrimental to jobseeker's prospects.

The Coalition and the job centre are not interested in getting people jobs, they just want them off benefits through any underhand method they can get away with.