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Report

8 Sep 2024

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By Worker-Support Centre (UK)

Worker-Support Centre: Mid-year report January - July 2024

... The Worker Support Centre (WSC) provides support, advice and advocacy to isolated and marginalised workers, guided by our understanding that where people’s employment rights and basic needs are met, labour exploitation can be prevented. This mid-year report of WSC’s casework supporting seasonal agricultural workers between January and July 2024 includes data from 417 individuals, spanning 218 cases and 199 enquiries. We have highlighted four key safeguarding risks posed to workers on the UK Seasonal Worker visa in agriculture: dismissals and pay related pressure; poor housing; health and safety hazards; and inaccessible transfers away from poor employment. Drawing on data from our cases we have set out the specific issues faced by workers, the actions WSC has taken to tackle them and our recommendations to government for policy change. ..