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Work Rights Centre

@worcrights

We’re a charity helping migrants & disadvantaged Brits access employment justice & improve social mobility. Our evidence-based campaigns drive systemic change.

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Join us and WomenofZimbabwe (WoZ) next week for the launch of 'All Families Matter: Uncovering injustice and discrimination in the UK Visa & Immigration System' It reveals thousands of migrant single mothers recruited to be health and care workers have been denied their children 1/2

Join us and <a href="/WomenofZimbabwe/">WomenofZimbabwe (WoZ)</a> next week for the launch of 'All Families Matter: Uncovering injustice and discrimination in the UK Visa &amp; Immigration System'

It reveals thousands of migrant single mothers recruited to be health and care workers have been denied their children

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MPs will today debate from 4.30 PM the Petition against the increase to the MIR, signed by over 101k people. We hope MPs will talk about the negative impacts on their constituents, including how it affect children's mental health. Watch the debate live: youtube.com/live/TiMUbbPZt…

MPs will today debate from 4.30 PM the Petition against the increase to the MIR, signed by over 101k people. 
We hope MPs will talk about the negative impacts on their constituents, including how it affect children's mental health. 
Watch the debate live: 
youtube.com/live/TiMUbbPZt…
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Our Benefits for Migrants Handbook gives practical, comprehensive guidance on social security entitlement for anyone who has come to the UK or is thinking about going abroad. Order your copy from our shop: bit.ly/42n44kU

Our Benefits for Migrants Handbook gives practical, comprehensive guidance on social security entitlement for anyone who has come to the UK or is thinking about going abroad.

Order your copy from our shop: 
bit.ly/42n44kU
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🚨 Less than 2 weeks left to bag tickets for our FREE training Session 1 will explore the risks inherent in sponsored work, and how frontline advisers can support people facing exploitation. eventbrite.com/e/work-sponsor…

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"Unscrupulous employers can use the threat of removal to a care worker’s home country to victimise migrant workers who whistleblow or complain about their treatment." New Work Rights Centre blog on the need for reform of the work sponsorship system: workrightscentre.org/publications/2…

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Ukrainians can again bring their children to join them in the UK, after the government reversed changes to visa rules. ⁦Charities including Work Rights Centre⁩ and ⁦Settled⁩ had warned the changes left families torn apart bbc.com/news/articles/…

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The Fair Work Agency has been billed as set to have the muscle power to properly enforce workers' rights. But with foreign-born workers overrepresented in precarious employment and underrepresented by unions, shouldn't they be a key focus of the new body?

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The Fair Work Agency has been billed as set to have the muscle power to properly enforce workers' rights. But with foreign-born workers overrepresented in precarious employment and underrepresented by unions, shouldn't they be a key focus? workrightscentre.org/publications/2…

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🚨10am TOMORROW we will kick off our new Legal Training Hub 💪 Join our CEO Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol & Head of Immigration Luke Piper to explore the risks of exploitation for sponsored workers and how to handle them. 🎟️Free tickets available🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/work-sponsor…

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Q. How will the new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill help exploited migrant workers? A. It won't. Read our latest blog on what this legislation SHOULD contain to tackle unscrupulous employers that exploit foreign-born workers for profit. workrightscentre.org/publications/2…