 Getting the working poor “on the move”: workfare and the notion of “ability to work” in public employment service 
This article looks at social relationships as they are constructed in the field of public administration, in the provision of public employment services for people on social assistance. Based on a number of practices aimed at employment integration that make up their intervention with people deemed «fit for work», we will identify the way «street-level bureaucrats» perceive and categorize welfare recipients, define their own role and that of the State. In doing so, we will highlight the way in which the ethos of social work, public service and activation is combined amongst those who work daily with the so-called «fit for work» jobless population. The results presented in this article stem from qualitative research conducted with public employment service agents, in the context of Quebec’s implementation of a compulsory integration program in 2018 (Objectif emploi).