Expendable labour: the exploitation of migrant care workers
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Nov 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitssektor: Allgemein ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Philippinen , Gesundheitswesen , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
DismissalAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Nov 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Indien , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
Irregular Work , Einschüchterung & DrohungenAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Nov 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Arbeitsagenturen ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( Gesundheitssektor: Allgemein ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Indien , Gesundheitssektor: Allgemein , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Dismissal , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , InformationszugangAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Dez 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Arbeitsagenturen ) - RecruiterBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Sri Lanka , Gesundheitswesen , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Nov 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Arbeitsagenturen ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Sri Lanka , Gesundheitswesen , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targetsAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Nov 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Location unknown , Gesundheitswesen , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Restricted mobility , Work & Conditions , Wage TheftAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Nov 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Gesundheitswesen , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
PersonalbeschaffungsgebührenAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Nov 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Südafrika , Gesundheitswesen , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Wage Theft , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Restricted mobility , PersonalbeschaffungsgebührenAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 28 Nov 2023
Standort: Vereinigtes Königreich
Andere
Not Reported ( Gesundheitswesen ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Nigeria , Gesundheitswesen , Women , Unknown migration status )Themen
Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Contract Substitution , Dismissal , Restricted mobilityAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: NGO
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Adult social care is facing a chronic staffing crisis, with the number of vacancies currently 152,000 in England.
Underfunding, low wages and poor working conditions are to blame for employees leaving for jobs in other sectors such as retail and hospitality.
To overcome these dire staff shortages, employers are increasingly recruiting care workers from overseas including from India, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe. These employees make up 16% of the social care workforce in England, according to Skills for Care.
These workers come to the UK in the belief that they will have a secure job, with a reputable employer, who has officially sponsored them to be here...
In a recent case, more than 100 migrant care staff in Cambridgeshire were made redundant when their employer Beaumont Healthcare handed back its contract to the council.
Some of the staff were sacked on the spot in October this year and could face deportation unless they find new sponsors.
One of these former Beaumont employees, who came to the UK from the Philippines, says: “I’m really worried about the job situation. I came here because I was needed. Now that I need help, I’m getting nothing.”
Around 15 migrant care staff employed by Lighthouse Professional Care found themselves in a similar situation when Wiltshire Council withdrew its contract in July this year.
Since then, the workers have been attempting to find new jobs, but are now nearing the 60-day deadline to obtain new sponsors and visas.
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