Expendable labour: the exploitation of migrant care workers
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Nov 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Secteur de la santé : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Philippines , Soins de santé , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
DismissalRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Nov 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Soins de santé ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Inde , Soins de santé , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Irregular Work , Intimidation et menacesRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Nov 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Cabinets de recrutement ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( Secteur de la santé : Général ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Inde , Secteur de la santé : Général , Women , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Frais de recrutement , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Dismissal , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Accès à l'informationRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Déc 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Soins de santé ) - Employer , Not Reported ( Cabinets de recrutement ) - RecruiterConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Sri Lanka , Soins de santé , Women , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Frais de recrutement , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Nov 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Cabinets de recrutement ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( Soins de santé ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Sri Lanka , Soins de santé , Women , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Frais de recrutement , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targetsRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Nov 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Soins de santé ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( 1 - Lieu inconnu , Soins de santé , Men , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Restricted mobility , Work & Conditions , Wage TheftRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Nov 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Soins de santé ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu , Soins de santé , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Frais de recrutementRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Nov 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Soins de santé ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Afrique du Sud , Soins de santé , Women , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Wage Theft , Intimidation et menaces , Restricted mobility , Frais de recrutementRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: NGO
Résumé
Date indiquée: 28 Nov 2023
Lieu: Royaume-Uni
Autre
Not Reported ( Soins de santé ) - EmployerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Nigeria , Soins de santé , Women , Unknown migration status )Enjeux
Frais de recrutement , Contract Substitution , Dismissal , Restricted mobilityRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: 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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