Category: Care workers

UK policy denying visas to children of care workers faces legal challenge

Exclusive: Action by organisation supporting migrants argues new rules are discriminatoryAn organisation that supports migrant workers has launched a legal challenge against the government’s new policy to bar care workers...

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Rape and sexual harassment reported by foreign care workers across UK

Multiple cases of abuse and exploitation have been documented, but many staff feel ‘powerless to complain’ for fear of losing the right to work in the countryA foreign care worker says she was repeatedly raped by her...

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Modern slavery ‘a feature’ of care sector in England since Brexit

End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPsPost-Brexit restrictions on the free movement of workers from the EU have contributed to modern slavery...

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How Labour’s plan for ‘fair pay deals’ looks to solve UK social care crisis

Underfunded, overstretched sector to become testing ground for battle against low pay but critics say policy is weak and vague“My sister is a care worker. She was a care worker during the pandemic. Fourteen-hour shifts,...

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