07/06/2017
To whom it may concern,
I am writing to you about your Digital Producer position and why I believe that you're application letter is socially wrong, and how it discriminates against people of certain ethnic groups, ages and sexual orientations. I am also writing to talk about the contract and how it wants to take a hold of the persons productions for the rest of their life, and the small amount of money that you are offering for this.
Firstly, your job application infringes The Equality Act (2010). This legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace, which is what you would be doing if somebody who wasn't a christian under 30. This is against the law to discriminate against anybody of any age, or any religious view. The Employers' Liability Act (1969) states that you must post details of the insurance for staff or potential staff to see, however in your application, there is no such thing. Your post also states that you must go and talk to rape victims, firstly you would need to find people willing to talk about this, and you also mention that you only want to speak to female victims, why not male victims? Men can also be rape victims. This is one of the many problems that we face in you're post. The Employment Rights Act (1996) was put in place to solidify existing laws on individual rights in UK labour law. In your contract, it states that the person that takes this job will be given a sum of money up to £20. Not much considering the fact that you are also going to be used as a promoter for the Christian religion, and encourage people to join your company, all for £20. You also state that the person is not allowed to apply for any other positions after this, tying them down to your company, and being unfairly held within your company, until they either give up making videos or carry on slaving away for your company. Your contract also doesn't mention anything about the health
and safety legislation. This is very important as this ensures the safety of the people that you employee. If somebody were to join your company, they would definitely have to become part of the trade union as your company holds and limits people unfairly, and by them joining this, they would be allowed more rights and would improve what they get paid, as £20 isn't enough for the amount you want them to do for the project.
Bullying is what your contract is doing to the person desperate enough to sign it. The Codes of Practice are designed to provide guidelines on arrangements, procedures and guidance. This was put in place to stop bullying in the workplace, which is what you would be doing by not allowing them to carry on with their work in other places. By simply abiding by these laws, applications would be more interested in becoming part of your company, and wouldn't feel discriminated against. In one of your paragraphs you mention that you want the to create a short documentary, that can be shown to children at high school about rape. The idea is good as the title is "no means no". However there is many faults in this. You ask the person to find people who have been raped or affected by this topic, this would be a good idea as it would have an impact into what it is like for people, however you say that they should, and don't mention anywhere that the people affected have to feel comfortable and actually want to do it, this is the same for the person doing the interview as it's a very personal subject, and by forcing people to talk when they aren't ready is disgusting. Another thing wrong with this is that you state that the people affected have to be female, and the offenders have to be male. This is completely wrong as men can also be victims, and by you saying this shows that you want to make men look bad, and women completely innocent. This also goes completely against the Equality Act (2010) which means that everybody is equal in the workplace, and nobody will be discriminated against, in this sense its men as they are being portrayed as monsters and every man attacks women, so if you were to go ahead with this, you would have to include both men and women in this as both victims and offenders. Especially the fact that this is being shown to children at high school. This could create a negative impact towards the boys that attend the school and could be looked at differently, just because of your documentary not abiding to the Equality Act (2010) and being totally sexist and discriminating against men. This could then go onto men being discriminated against in the workplace and out of school, leading to an unjust society and could cause some people to completely hate all men as they could believe they are all the same, which they are most definitely not.
Ofcom is a communications regulator in the UK, and something that they have updated is their protection of under 18s as this is a huge concern for them. This which they have added in allows protection for all children in productions before, during and after they've been aired. So if you were to employ somebody under the age of 18, you would have to take this into consideration and read through these laws and abide by them. If you were also to interview a victim or offender under the age 18, you would have to go through these steps set out by Ofcom. Because of the Obscene Publications Act (1959), you would have to be very aware of what you put into the documentary as this is intended for children, because of this you would not be allowed to do any reenactments as you also have to go by the BBFC rating. Obviously rape being quite a violent and personal subject, it would have to be given a minimum rating of 12A as it is also intended for teenagers at school, and any higher would mean that they wouldn't be able to view it, and if it was 12, some people wouldn't be able to watch it if a teacher wasn't present because of their age. One more thing i would also like to touch upon is the intellectual property law. This is where copyright has come into context. You have stated that you want the person the "a popular music soundtrack", due to copyright, you cannot use "popular music" without paying quite a bit of money, and with you only offering £20 tops, there is no way that they would be able to do this.
Yours Sincerely
Billy Randell
Bullying is what your contract is doing to the person desperate enough to sign it. The Codes of Practice are designed to provide guidelines on arrangements, procedures and guidance. This was put in place to stop bullying in the workplace, which is what you would be doing by not allowing them to carry on with their work in other places. By simply abiding by these laws, applications would be more interested in becoming part of your company, and wouldn't feel discriminated against. In one of your paragraphs you mention that you want the to create a short documentary, that can be shown to children at high school about rape. The idea is good as the title is "no means no". However there is many faults in this. You ask the person to find people who have been raped or affected by this topic, this would be a good idea as it would have an impact into what it is like for people, however you say that they should, and don't mention anywhere that the people affected have to feel comfortable and actually want to do it, this is the same for the person doing the interview as it's a very personal subject, and by forcing people to talk when they aren't ready is disgusting. Another thing wrong with this is that you state that the people affected have to be female, and the offenders have to be male. This is completely wrong as men can also be victims, and by you saying this shows that you want to make men look bad, and women completely innocent. This also goes completely against the Equality Act (2010) which means that everybody is equal in the workplace, and nobody will be discriminated against, in this sense its men as they are being portrayed as monsters and every man attacks women, so if you were to go ahead with this, you would have to include both men and women in this as both victims and offenders. Especially the fact that this is being shown to children at high school. This could create a negative impact towards the boys that attend the school and could be looked at differently, just because of your documentary not abiding to the Equality Act (2010) and being totally sexist and discriminating against men. This could then go onto men being discriminated against in the workplace and out of school, leading to an unjust society and could cause some people to completely hate all men as they could believe they are all the same, which they are most definitely not.
Ofcom is a communications regulator in the UK, and something that they have updated is their protection of under 18s as this is a huge concern for them. This which they have added in allows protection for all children in productions before, during and after they've been aired. So if you were to employ somebody under the age of 18, you would have to take this into consideration and read through these laws and abide by them. If you were also to interview a victim or offender under the age 18, you would have to go through these steps set out by Ofcom. Because of the Obscene Publications Act (1959), you would have to be very aware of what you put into the documentary as this is intended for children, because of this you would not be allowed to do any reenactments as you also have to go by the BBFC rating. Obviously rape being quite a violent and personal subject, it would have to be given a minimum rating of 12A as it is also intended for teenagers at school, and any higher would mean that they wouldn't be able to view it, and if it was 12, some people wouldn't be able to watch it if a teacher wasn't present because of their age. One more thing i would also like to touch upon is the intellectual property law. This is where copyright has come into context. You have stated that you want the person the "a popular music soundtrack", due to copyright, you cannot use "popular music" without paying quite a bit of money, and with you only offering £20 tops, there is no way that they would be able to do this.
Yours Sincerely
Billy Randell
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