Expendable labour: the exploitation of migrant care workers
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 健康分野: 一般 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - フィリピン , 健康管理 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
Dismissal回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - インド , 健康管理 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
Irregular Work , 威嚇及び脅迫回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 人材紹介会社 ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( 健康分野: 一般 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - インド , 健康分野: 一般 , Women , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Dismissal , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 情報へのアクセス回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年12月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer , Not Reported ( 人材紹介会社 ) - Recruiter関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - スリランカ , 健康管理 , Women , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 人材紹介会社 ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - スリランカ , 健康管理 , Women , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targets回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( 1 - Location unknown , 健康管理 , Men , Unknown migration status )課題
Restricted mobility , Work & Conditions , Wage Theft回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , 健康管理 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - 南アフリカ , 健康管理 , Women , Unknown migration status )課題
Wage Theft , 威嚇及び脅迫 , Restricted mobility , 採用費回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: NGO
要約
Date Reported: 2023年11月28日
場所: イギリス
その他
Not Reported ( 健康管理 ) - Employer関連
Total individuals affected: 1
移住者・移民労働者: ( Number unknown - ナイジェリア , 健康管理 , Women , Unknown migration status )課題
採用費 , Contract Substitution , Dismissal , Restricted mobility回答
Response sought: いいえ
情報源のタイプ: 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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