TBIJ

15.11.24

Trapped in work

Seasonal workers find no hope in employment tribunals

Exploited farmworkers face huge barriers to justice – including rules effectively preventing oral evidence

18.10.24

Trapped in work

Employment Rights Bill: will new unfair dismissal rules help seasonal workers?

Proposals may improve the outlook for vulnerable migrant workers – but do not address the root of the problem

24.08.24

Trapped in work

‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers left without jobs after Home Office decision

Workers were promised UK jobs before recruiter had licence revoked

28.06.24

UK Elections

‘It’s a basic civil right’: millions in UK unable to vote due to immigration status

Elected members of government and NHS doctors are among those with no say on 4 July

29.05.24

Trapped in work

Government expanded visa scheme weeks after UN raised alarm over people trafficking

Special rapporteurs raised alarm to David Cameron before government’s decision to extend visa scheme

11.05.24

Trapped in work

‘One hell to another’: Thousands of care workers risk deportation after employers breach rules

Migrant workers left scrambling for a new sponsor due to nature of government visa scheme

11.03.24

Trapped in work

Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse

As migrant carers are banned from bringing family members to the UK, TBIJ reveals how broken visa system traps workers in harrowing situations

12.01.24

Trapped in work

UK government ‘breaching international law’ with seasonal worker scheme, says UN envoy

The Home Office has been found to be failing to investigate ‘clear indicators of forced labour’

07.12.23

Trapped in work

Ban on family members ‘will force migrant care workers into poverty’

Care is the only industry which will be covered by the ban on family members, leading to criticism that the move is discriminatory

26.10.23

Trapped in work

Watchdog criticises Home Office for dropping farm worker visa review

The government has confirmed it will not publish a promised review despite calls from non-profits, academics and its own independent inspector

22.10.23

Trapped in work

‘All that is missing is a whip’: Home Office ignored migrant worker abuses on farms

Inspectors heard hundreds of allegations of threats, wage theft, racism and appalling conditions from seasonal workers at farms across the UK, but nothing was done

13.04.23

Trapped in work

‘It’s almost the same as living on the street’: this is how people picking your vegetables have to live

Forced to share beds and live in freezing caravans with leaking ceilings, all while paying more per square foot than for a flat in London – migrant farm workers reveal their shocking, squalid living c...

05.04.23

Trapped in work

Migrant workers are being ripped off by employers on farms

Farm workers are having hundreds of pounds unlawfully deducted from their payslips, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and VICE World News has found.

27.03.23

Trapped in work

‘They treat you like an animal’: How British farms run on exploitation

Migrants on the UK’s rapidly expanding farmworker visa scheme face systematic bullying, abuse and growing debt

27.05.22

Trapped in work

Migrant fruit pickers charged thousands in illegal fees to work on UK farms

Labourers from Nepal say they paid third-party agencies as much as £3,000 to secure six-month job

15.07.21

Health Inequality

Most GP surgeries refuse to register undocumented migrants despite NHS policy

Survey finds official guidelines being extensively ignored to leave hundreds of thousands facing vaccine labyrinth

25.03.21

Is Work Working?

Deliveroo riders can earn as little as £2 an hour during shifts, as boss stands to make £500m

An analysis of hundreds of riders’ invoices shows many riders’ earnings per session falling short of minimum wage levels

18.02.21

Is Work Working?

Amazon’s empty pledge leaves agency workers without shifts and pay

Company policy against zero-hours contracts falls flat with warehouse workers 'treated like disposable labour'

Seasonal workers find no hope in employment tribunals

Employment Rights Bill: will new unfair dismissal rules help seasonal workers?

‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers left without jobs after Home Office decision

‘It’s a basic civil right’: millions in UK unable to vote due to immigration status

Government expanded visa scheme weeks after UN raised alarm over people trafficking

‘One hell to another’: Thousands of care workers risk deportation after employers breach rules

Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse

UK government ‘breaching international law’ with seasonal worker scheme, says UN envoy

Ban on family members ‘will force migrant care workers into poverty’

Watchdog criticises Home Office for dropping farm worker visa review

‘All that is missing is a whip’: Home Office ignored migrant worker abuses on farms

‘It’s almost the same as living on the street’: this is how people picking your vegetables have to live

Migrant workers are being ripped off by employers on farms

‘They treat you like an animal’: How British farms run on exploitation

Migrant fruit pickers charged thousands in illegal fees to work on UK farms

Most GP surgeries refuse to register undocumented migrants despite NHS policy

Deliveroo riders can earn as little as £2 an hour during shifts, as boss stands to make £500m

Amazon’s empty pledge leaves agency workers without shifts and pay

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