28 十一月 2023
Expendable labour: the exploitation of migrant care workers
摘要
日期: 28 十一月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 地點未知 , 醫療保健 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Restricted mobility , Work & Conditions , Wage Theft回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 28 十一月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer , Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 斯里蘭卡 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targets , 招聘費用回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 28 十二月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer , Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 斯里蘭卡 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
招聘費用 , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Contract Substitution回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 28 十一月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 職業介紹所 ) - Recruiter , Not Reported ( 健康衛生行業：綜合 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 印度 , 健康衛生行業：綜合 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
招聘費用 , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 訊息獲取 , Dismissal回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 28 十一月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 健康衛生行業：綜合 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 菲律賓 , 醫療保健 , Men , Unknown migration status )議題
Dismissal回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 28 十一月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 奈及利亞 , 醫療保健 , Women , Documented migrants )議題
招聘費用 , Contract Substitution , Dismissal , Restricted mobility回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 28 十一月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 南非 , 醫療保健 , Women , Unknown migration status )議題
Wage Theft , 恐嚇和威脅 , Restricted mobility , 招聘費用回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 28 十一月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 , 醫療保健 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
招聘費用回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: NGO
摘要
日期: 28 十一月 2023
地點: 英國
其他
Not Reported ( 醫療保健 ) - Employer受影響的
受影響的總人數: 1
移民和移民工人: ( 1 - 印度 , 醫療保健 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )議題
Irregular Work , 恐嚇和威脅回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: 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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