Submitted on Friday 15th May 2020
Rejected on Monday 27th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
We want the ONS to change us from low skilled to skilled workers
We feel that with the level of training and skills that we have to acquire, and the responsibility we have to the passengers, of up to 70 or so people at any given time. We should not be classed as low skilled workers
We were classified as low skilled workers, before the early 1990s there was no training,and not much expectation of Bus drivers. However that's changed now when I started as a driver back in February 2011.It took me 4 months of driving lessons, and 2 practical tests and 3 theory tests,a full medical which I had to pass.Before I could carry passengers, then another 2years of studying and training on the job to obtain my BTEC Certificate to qualify me as a London bus driver we are skilled workers
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Office for National Statistics is the UK's independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK. Because the ONS is independent decisions about how it classifies workers are an operational decision for the ONS, and not a matter for the Government or House of Commons.
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