Expendable labour: the exploitation of migrant care workers
摘要
日期: 2023年11月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 健康行业:一般 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 菲律宾 , 医疗保健 , Men , Unknown migration status )议题
Dismissal回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年11月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 医疗保健 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 印度 , 医疗保健 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )议题
Irregular Work , 恐吓和威胁回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年11月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 职业介绍所 ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( 健康行业:一般 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 印度 , 健康行业:一般 , Women , Unknown migration status )议题
招聘费 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Dismissal , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 信息获取回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年12月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 医疗保健 ) - Employer , Not Reported ( 职业介绍所 ) - Recruiter受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 斯里兰卡 , 医疗保健 , Women , Unknown migration status )议题
招聘费 , Contract Substitution , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年11月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 职业介绍所 ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( 医疗保健 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 斯里兰卡 , 医疗保健 , Women , Unknown migration status )议题
招聘费 , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targets回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年11月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 医疗保健 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 地点未知 , 医疗保健 , Men , Unknown migration status )议题
Restricted mobility , Work & Conditions , Wage Theft回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年11月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 医疗保健 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 , 医疗保健 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )议题
招聘费回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年11月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 医疗保健 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 南非 , 医疗保健 , Women , Unknown migration status )议题
Wage Theft , 恐吓和威胁 , Restricted mobility , 招聘费回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: NGO
摘要
日期: 2023年11月28日
地点: 英国
其他
Not Reported ( 医疗保健 ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 1
外劳和移民工人: ( 数字未知 - 尼日利亚 , 医疗保健 , Women , Unknown migration status )议题
招聘费 , Contract Substitution , Dismissal , Restricted mobility回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: 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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