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Senior Policy & Research Officer @ Work Rights Centre | Human Rights | Labour standards | Migrant Workers |
Good to see the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner highlighting possible solutions to tackle labour exploitation in the UK. This includes a well resourced new Fair Work Agency, giving migrant workers more than 60 days to change sponsors and noting Australia's recent pilot of a Workplace Justice Visa to allow migrant workers to remain in the country while they pursue labour claims - all measures Work Rights Centre and others in the sector have been pushing for some time now. Also positive to see a call to strengthen existing #modernslavery legislation, with nods to recent developments in Europe regarding the introduction of mandatory human rights due diligence. #labourexploitation #bizhumanrights #HRDD
💡 Preventing Labour Exploitation: Tackling Modern Slavery is Everyone’s Business 💡 Labour market governance in the UK is fragmented, under resourced and failing against international labour inspection standards. This enables criminal gangmasters to extract profit from exploitative labour at scale, through a spectrum of abuse - from poor labour law compliance right through to modern slavery and exploitation. This impunity contributes to high levels of labour exploitation reported each year; primarily among migrant workers and in sectors such as care and agriculture. Criminals exploit hopes of an honest wage – charging high recruitment fees, demanding work for no wage to repay these ‘debts’, confiscating passports to limit freedoms, and forcing workers into excessive hours. This must change. The IASC is working to strengthen responses to forced labour in the UK – ensuring that efforts to curb illegal immigration do not adversely affect victims of modern slavery – and, calling for tougher legislation on companies to tackle slavery in supply chains and a Fair Work Agency modelled on the Single Enforcement Body. You can read more here: https://lnkd.in/eFFE3x8v Thanks Focus On Labour Exploitation (FLEX) Work Rights Centre for your input.
