Know Your Rights
On this page you’ll find information about your rights on workfare schemes, at the job centre, and at workfare providers like Ingeus, Learndirect, and Pinnacle People. You’ll also find links to download leaflets and infographics based on that information.
How to avoid workfare
There are many ways you can contest your referral to workfare schemes
Sector-Based Work Academies
Don't take part: if you start and then drop out you could be sanctioned
Traineeships
You don’t have to do the work placement
Work Experience
Work Experience is not mandatory: don't agree to do it
You have the right to be accompanied to all job centre interviews
Don't face them alone
Avoiding Sanctions for ‘not actively seeking employment’
If you're claiming JSA, ‘Actively seeking work’ does not mean doing every action listed in your Claimant Commitment each week: it means taking at least three steps.
Work Programme work placements
Find out if the placement is mandatory
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