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News 9 Dec 2024

New legal hub for organisations supporting sponsored migrant workers

We are launching a new legal hub to offer practical training sessions for frontline advisers supporting sponsored migrant workers.

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News 12 Nov 2024

We’re looking for frontline volunteers with language skills

We’re looking for two new volunteers who speak another language as well as English, to help our team screen clients or support our employability service.

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News 22 Jul 2024

We're looking for trustees with employment law experience or financial expertise

If you have a real passion for justice, and share our vision of a world where everyone has access to decent work and social mobility regardless of their immigration status, we want to hear from you.

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News 12 Mar 2024

New resource to help Seasonal Workers from Central Asia prepare for work on UK farms

It is a fact that seasonal workers are vulnerable to exploitation on UK farms. So, we've created a clear, simple and shareable guide for seasonal workers to understand their rights, and know where to get help if these are abused.

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News 26 Feb 2024

Have you worked in the care sector in England? We’d like to learn about your experience

We are starting a new research project to understand how the adult care sector should be improved to halt the exploitation of migrant carer workers. Can you help?

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News 8 Nov 2023

We've co-launched the Seasonal Worker Interest Group to tackle exploitation in UK agriculture

There is a dire need for a forum designed exclusively to discuss and advocate for workers' rights. Through the new Seasonal Worker Interest Group, we plan to ensure migrant agricultural workers’ interests can be heard.

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News 4 Apr 2023

The Employment Rights Advice and Support for Underserved London Communities programme

The GLA has commissioned the Work Rights Centre to provide services which aim to increase underserved communities' access to appropriate and high-quality employment advice.

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News 23 Feb 2023

One year on: My experience as service provider supporting Ukrainian refugees

Since the Russian military's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, our Service Provision Officer Andrei Savitski, has been assisting Ukrainian refugees who have sought safety in the UK.

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News 31 Jan 2023

Ukrainians and family members of Ukrainians: We want to hear from you

We are running a survey to gain a better understanding of the issue of in-country application delays for Ukrainians and their family members, and the impact these delays have on applicants and those they are supporting.

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News 9 Nov 2022

Managing stress in the workplace

Our Manchester Service Provision & Evaluation Manager, Raluca Enescu, shares five key pieces of advice for anyone experiencing stress as a result of work. 

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News 5 Nov 2022

The face of modern protest: How Guy Fawkes became a symbol of social justice

These days, Bonfire Night - or Guy Fawkes Day - is mostly about getting together with friends and family around a big bonfire to eat toffee apples and watch fireworks. But there's much more to this annual event.

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News 22 Aug 2022

Fellow Ukrainians: We want to hear from you

The war in Ukraine is the biggest humanitarian crisis Europe has seen since WWII. We're starting a research project to better understand the needs of the Ukrainian community, and how to support them in the UK.

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News 27 May 2022

Work Rights Centre introduces free Universal Credit eligibility tool

For many people, Universal Credit is a bewildering system. We have developed a free and confidential tool, accessible on our website, designed to simplify access to Universal Credit.

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