UK: Migrant care workers face exploitation, long hours & fee-charging on tied visas; incl. statements from Ease Healthcare & IMTP
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Date Reported: 11 Мар 2024
Местонахождение: Великобритания
Компании
Ease Healthcare - Employer , IMTP Consultancy Services - Other Value Chain EntityЗатронуто
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Мигранты и рабочие-иммигранты: ( 1 - Индия , Медицинская помощь , Women , Documented migrants )Темы
Сборы за найм персонала , Ограничение свободы выражения , Запугивание и угрозы , Ограниченная мобильность , Разумное рабочее время и свободное время , Право на питание , Замена контракта , Нерегулярная работаОтвет
Response sought: Yes, by Journalist
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Принятые меры: When Context contacted Stanley on the number in the sign-off he said he had never helped anyone get a job in Britain and it was "wrong information". He said he had not heard of Ease Healthcare or IMTP, even though he is listed as a regional representative on the company's website and IMTP appears on his LinkedIn page. IMTP's managing director Sasidharan Nambiar said the company did not organise jobs for carers, but that Stanley did this as a sideline. Ease Healthcare's director Essie Manomano denied the carers' allegations and said no one was underpaid, treated badly or threatened with the sack. She said the company used an external accountant and a standard software system for rotas and appointments. Manomano said the nature of the job meant hours were unpredictable, but staff were not kept on call between appointments or pressured to work on days off.
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"Soaring abuse in UK care jobs shatters migrants' dreams," 11 March, 2024
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Britain opened up a new visa route for overseas workers in early 2022 to help fill some 165,000 vacancies in the care sector following the COVID-19 pandemic and Britain's departure from the European Union…
The carers said they paid some of the money to the agent, but were asked to transfer up to 5,000 pounds to a British bank account they said belonged to Ease Healthcare…
IMTP's managing director Sasidharan Nambiar said the company did not organise jobs for carers, but that Stanley did this as a sideline...
Context was shown correspondence between Stanley and Ease Healthcare, which is based in the city of Sheffield. The sign-off stated he worked for a company called IMTP...
The women were hired by Ease Healthcare to work as domiciliary carers, helping elderly, disabled and sick people in their homes…
They said they were only paid for appointments - which is normal in home care - but these fell short of 39 hours a week.
The carers said they were not always given enough travel time between appointments, but if they arrived late they were not paid even though they did the work.
They had to log their hours via an app, but said these were often changed.
The carers said rotas were also sometimes altered late at night, meaning they could not make plans for days off…
Ease Healthcare's director Essie Manomano denied the carers' allegations and said no one was underpaid, treated badly or threatened with the sack.
She said the company used an external accountant and a standard software system for rotas and appointments…