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Migrant workers and the National Minimum Wage: our submission to the Low Pay Commission consultation (2025)
Despite increases to National Living Wage (NLW) rates in recent years, migrant workers arriving in the UK continue to be excluded from the benefit of minimum wage rates - here's why.
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Parliamentary report acknowledges scale of exploitation on the Skilled Worker visa
This report is the most damning evidence yet that the government’s work migration system, premised mainly on the concept of sponsorship, was facilitating the widespread exploitation of migrant workers in the UK.
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Seasonal Worker Interest Group calls for mandatory implementation of the Employer Pays Principle
To protect them from debt-bondage and exploitation, workers should never pay for recruitment costs including visas and flights. The government must implement the EPP, not just as a best practice, but as a common standard
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Skilled Worker visa route comes under scrutiny for migrant worker exploitation
During a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting, Home Office civil servants acknowledged that the Skilled Worker Visa route has been marred by exploitation, but indicated no intention to move away from sponsorship.
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Set on reducing net migration at all costs, the immigration White Paper is a confused document that is soft on addressing exploitation
The government's flagship immigration policies rely on the assumption that it can safeguard against exploitation by reducing net migration. Not only is this unlikely to have the stated effect on exploitation, it may in fact exacerbate it.
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