UK: Seasonal worker scheme operator, Ethero, has license revoked for not meeting Govt. 32 hour pay rule; incl. co. comment
요약
보고된 날짜: 2024년 8월 24일
위치: 영국
기업 페이지
Ethero (part of TELPASC) - Employer , TELPASC - Other Value Chain Entity기타
Not Reported ( 중개 업소 ) - Recruiter영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 우즈베키스탄 , 농업 및 가축 , Men , Documented migrants ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 우즈베키스탄 , 농업 및 가축 , Women , Documented migrants )토픽들
비정규직 , 직업소개수수료 , 비사법적 구제절차에 대한 접근성 , 정보 접근성 , 여권 압류결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist에 의해 요청됨
시행된 조치: When contacted by TBIJ, Ethero declined to comment.
출처: News outlet
“Seasonal worker operator fury after licence revoked”
Recruitment company Ethero has had its seasonal worker licence revoked, The Grocer understands…
Ethero said it had been deemed to pose a threat to UK immigration rules by the Home Office. However, the operator strongly denies the claims – and said it had proven its case to UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI).
The … operator said that “to the day of our licence revocation, our operation was working fully within the key contractual measures that were in place between us and UKVI/Home Office”…
According to the Ethero team, the revocation was based on different interpretations of the 32-hours pay rule…
While the Home Office believes workers should be guaranteed 32 hours of work every week, the operators and the Government’s Migration Advisory Committee interpret the rule as stipulating an average of 32 hours a week…
Guaranteeing the same number of hours every week can be particularly tricky amid issues such as this year’s bad weather. ..
The Home Office does not comment on individual cases, however a spokesman told The Grocer: “We do not tolerate abuse in the labour market and sponsors must meet their obligations to workers or potentially face removal from the sponsorship register…