‘One hell to another’: Thousands of care workers risk deportation after employers breach rules
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Date Reported: 11 Май 2024
Местонахождение: Великобритания
Компании
24/7 Flex Care - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 2
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Индия , Медицинская помощь , Men , Documented migrants ) , Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( Number unknown - Индия , Медицинская помощь , Women , Documented migrants )Темы
Contract Substitution , Сборы за найм персонала , Произвольные задержания , Запугивание и угрозы , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Access to Justice & Legal ProtectionОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
Принятые меры: Flex Care did not respond to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism’s request for comment.
Вид источника: News outlet
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Date Reported: 11 Май 2024
Местонахождение: Великобритания
Компании
S&K Care 24 - EmployerЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: 1
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Нигерия , Медицинская помощь , Women , Documented migrants )Темы
Contract Substitution , Произвольные задержанияОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Принятые меры: Kay Mayo, registered manager of S&K Care 24, admitted to TBIJ that no care worker sponsored by her company had been given any work because it had not managed to secure care provision contracts with local authorities. As a result of this, and because the company was acting as a recruitment agency, the Home Office subsequently revoked its sponsor licence, she said. She denied the office had been empty, and said she had been asked by the landlord to leave.
Вид источника: News outlet
… when they arrived in the UK, they say they were given no accommodation, no money for their flights and no work. The only money either of them ever received from 24/7 Flex Care was £500, paid to Ismail after he went to the offices to complain…
… they both received letters from the Home Office saying the company had lost its licence to sponsor overseas care workers – and as a result they have until mid-June to secure a new visa or else return to India….
Data obtained via freedom of information requests shows that 122 companies had their licences revoked in 2022 and 2023. This resulted in nearly 3,000 care workers having their sponsorship cancelled, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and the Observer can reveal…
An employer’s licence is revoked because the company has broken the rules. But consequences fall on the workers…
… Katherine was not given the work she had been promised by the company sponsoring her, S&K Care 24….
Kay Mayo, registered manager of S&K Care 24, admitted to TBIJ that no care worker sponsored by her company had been given any work because it had not managed to secure care provision contracts with local authorities.
24/7 Flex Care did not respond to several requests for comment…