UK: Modern slavery cases in the care sector more than double in the past year as recruitment of overseas workers increases
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 25 Jul 2023
Ubicación: Reino Unido
Otro
Not Reported ( Agencias de empleo ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( Cuidado de la salud ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( 1 - África , Cuidado de la salud , Gender not reported )Temas
Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Minimum Wage , Intimidación y Amenazas , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Trabajo forzado y formas contemporáneas de esclavitud , Excessive production targets , Denial of leave , Contract SubstitutionRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: The worker is being supported to make an asylum claim and has been told she has reasonable grounds to prove herself a victim of modern slavery.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
“Modern slavery gangmasters exploit care worker shortage”
The number of modern slavery cases reported within the UK care industry has more than doubled in the past year.
There were 109 potential victims, exploited for personal or financial gain, between January and March - twice as many as the same period in 2022…
The Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) - whose role is to protect workers from labour exploitation across the UK - told us there were 17 ongoing care sector investigations and that it was looking at more than 300 pieces of intelligence…
…Recruited by an agency in her home country in Africa, Terri was offered work in the UK as a domiciliary carer…
…She was told she would earn up to £29,000…
Terri told us she found her work hours gruelling - up to 20 hours a day - and that she often worked seven days a week…
When Terri eventually received her wages from the company two months later, it worked out at less than £2 an hour, which is illegal…
Terri complained to the care company but it threatened to stop her work and cancel her visa…