Work Rights Centre
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We’re a charity helping migrants and disadvantaged Brits access employment justice and improve social mobility. Our evidence-based campaigns drive systemic change.
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We're recruiting a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice, who is looking to build a career in a legal profession.
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
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After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
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It's been a dark week for immigration policy. Our statement on the proposals to restrict routes to settlement below calls out this extraordinary betrayal of migrant communities. More on this soon. Solidarity with all those affected by these announcements.
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Radical restrictions of routes to settlement would be callous | Work Rights Centre
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November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It's been a dark week for immigration policy. Our statement on the proposals to restrict routes to settlement below calls out this extraordinary betrayal of migrant communities. More on this soon. Solidarity with all those affected by these announcements.
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Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.
Our Policy Manager Adis Sehic is in Westminster Hall today for a drop-in session with MPs to discuss our concerns over the immigration changes that will overhaul the skilled worker route and double the ILR eligibility to 10 years.
Thank you to @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social for hosting us.
Thank you to @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social for hosting us.
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our Policy Manager Adis Sehic is in Westminster Hall today for a drop-in session with MPs to discuss our concerns over the immigration changes that will overhaul the skilled worker route and double the ILR eligibility to 10 years.
Thank you to @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social for hosting us.
Thank you to @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social for hosting us.
1. These changes will force refugees - people fleeing war, torture, persecution - into a state of permanent precarity for two decades. It is very difficult for people with time-limited leave to secure good work, as most employers look for certainty. Shutting refugees out of good work only... (1/X)
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
1. These changes will force refugees - people fleeing war, torture, persecution - into a state of permanent precarity for two decades. It is very difficult for people with time-limited leave to secure good work, as most employers look for certainty. Shutting refugees out of good work only... (1/X)
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Expect further evidence for why the proposals to double ILR eligibility are a terrible idea, & a new project investigating the discrimination faced by pregnant migrant workers.
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Expect further evidence for why the proposals to double ILR eligibility are a terrible idea, & a new project investigating the discrimination faced by pregnant migrant workers.
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Expect further evidence for why the proposals to double ILR eligibility are a terrible idea, & a new project investigating the discrimination faced by pregnant migrant workers.
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Expect further evidence for why the proposals to double ILR eligibility are a terrible idea, & a new project investigating the discrimination faced by pregnant migrant workers.
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We're looking for a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice to join our team ✨
By the end of two years you will have the opportunity to fully qualify as a solicitor, with the costs of all mandatory legal training and exams fully covered.
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By the end of two years you will have the opportunity to fully qualify as a solicitor, with the costs of all mandatory legal training and exams fully covered.
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We’re recruiting a Trainee Solicitor (Immigration and Employment) | Work Rights Centre
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November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're looking for a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice to join our team ✨
By the end of two years you will have the opportunity to fully qualify as a solicitor, with the costs of all mandatory legal training and exams fully covered.
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
By the end of two years you will have the opportunity to fully qualify as a solicitor, with the costs of all mandatory legal training and exams fully covered.
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We've been blown away by the response to our survey about the Government's proposed changes to settlement - almost 1,500 people have got in touch to share their thoughts.
It's not too late to share yours - tell us before it closes this Sunday: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJ92XKF
It's not too late to share yours - tell us before it closes this Sunday: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJ92XKF
Survey: changes to settlement and citizenship in the UK
If you think you'll be affected by the changes proposed by the UK government to settlement and citizenship, please tell us what you think.
www.surveymonkey.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We've been blown away by the response to our survey about the Government's proposed changes to settlement - almost 1,500 people have got in touch to share their thoughts.
It's not too late to share yours - tell us before it closes this Sunday: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJ92XKF
It's not too late to share yours - tell us before it closes this Sunday: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VJ92XKF
The MAC has told the government that making it more difficult to get ILR would:
1. Have no clear benefits for UK citizens
2. Increase the likelihood of poverty & exploitation of migrant communities
3. Be a step into the unknown given the lack of data on ILR
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1. Have no clear benefits for UK citizens
2. Increase the likelihood of poverty & exploitation of migrant communities
3. Be a step into the unknown given the lack of data on ILR
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www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
Increasing qualifying time for ILR would increase the risk of poverty and exploitation, the MAC warns | Work Rights Centre
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November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The MAC has told the government that making it more difficult to get ILR would:
1. Have no clear benefits for UK citizens
2. Increase the likelihood of poverty & exploitation of migrant communities
3. Be a step into the unknown given the lack of data on ILR
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www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
1. Have no clear benefits for UK citizens
2. Increase the likelihood of poverty & exploitation of migrant communities
3. Be a step into the unknown given the lack of data on ILR
🤔
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
The ECHR and the Human Rights Act have given our clients protections against slavery, the right to love who they please, the right to be with their family... the list goes on.
These rights must be protected. @libertyhq.bsky.social
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/almost...
These rights must be protected. @libertyhq.bsky.social
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Almost 300 organisations express support for ECHR on 75th anniversary - Liberty
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November 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The ECHR and the Human Rights Act have given our clients protections against slavery, the right to love who they please, the right to be with their family... the list goes on.
These rights must be protected. @libertyhq.bsky.social
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/almost...
These rights must be protected. @libertyhq.bsky.social
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/almost...
Nigel Farage apparently wants to lower the minimum wage for young people to boost aspiration... because we all know that low wages = reach for the stars 🙃
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November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Nigel Farage apparently wants to lower the minimum wage for young people to boost aspiration... because we all know that low wages = reach for the stars 🙃
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We are delighted to welcome @mdiasabey.bsky.social to our board of trustees🎉
Manoj's long-standing interest in labour rights, and his support for a collaborative Fair Work Agency that values civil society input, makes him an ideal collaborator in our work.
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Manoj's long-standing interest in labour rights, and his support for a collaborative Fair Work Agency that values civil society input, makes him an ideal collaborator in our work.
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Manoj Dias-Abey | Work Rights Centre
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November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We are delighted to welcome @mdiasabey.bsky.social to our board of trustees🎉
Manoj's long-standing interest in labour rights, and his support for a collaborative Fair Work Agency that values civil society input, makes him an ideal collaborator in our work.
www.workrightscentre.org/about-us/our...
Manoj's long-standing interest in labour rights, and his support for a collaborative Fair Work Agency that values civil society input, makes him an ideal collaborator in our work.
www.workrightscentre.org/about-us/our...
Under the UK's current immigration system, EVERY sponsored worker is put at risk of modern slavery & trafficking.
Thank you @sianushka.bsky.social for telling the story of our client Kavin, whose employer used sponsorship to exert full control over his life.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Thank you @sianushka.bsky.social for telling the story of our client Kavin, whose employer used sponsorship to exert full control over his life.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Migrant workers on legal visas trapped in modern slavery
Revealed: UK’s employment visas are causing thousands of legal migrant workers to end up in modern slavery
www.opendemocracy.net
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Under the UK's current immigration system, EVERY sponsored worker is put at risk of modern slavery & trafficking.
Thank you @sianushka.bsky.social for telling the story of our client Kavin, whose employer used sponsorship to exert full control over his life.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
Thank you @sianushka.bsky.social for telling the story of our client Kavin, whose employer used sponsorship to exert full control over his life.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/migrants-...
It is an unnecessary additional cruelty that potential victims of modern slavery often spend months isolated from society, unable to work while they wait for confirmation of their status. Freedom to work helps victims recover, reintegrate & support themselves. This is an important amendment💪
🚨NEWS🚨
Next week marks report stage of the Borders Bill. We're briefing to 2 urgent amendments:
Amendment 43 calls on the right to work for survivors of modern slavery in the NRM &
Amendment 44 calls on changes to the ODW visa
Briefings available to read here: www.kalayaan.org.uk/resources/br...
Next week marks report stage of the Borders Bill. We're briefing to 2 urgent amendments:
Amendment 43 calls on the right to work for survivors of modern slavery in the NRM &
Amendment 44 calls on changes to the ODW visa
Briefings available to read here: www.kalayaan.org.uk/resources/br...
Briefings | Kalayaan
Kalayaan is a small London based charity which works to provide practical advice and support to, as well as campaign with and for, the rights of migrant domestic workers in the UK.
www.kalayaan.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It is an unnecessary additional cruelty that potential victims of modern slavery often spend months isolated from society, unable to work while they wait for confirmation of their status. Freedom to work helps victims recover, reintegrate & support themselves. This is an important amendment💪
While some journalists already know the story they want to write, @tbij.bsky.social let us show what really matters to our exploited clients.
Incredible work revealing the true scale of enforcement failure @mellino.bsky.social @lucybrisbane.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Incredible work revealing the true scale of enforcement failure @mellino.bsky.social @lucybrisbane.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Thousands of rogue bosses get away with not paying tribunal awards
The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
While some journalists already know the story they want to write, @tbij.bsky.social let us show what really matters to our exploited clients.
Incredible work revealing the true scale of enforcement failure @mellino.bsky.social @lucybrisbane.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Incredible work revealing the true scale of enforcement failure @mellino.bsky.social @lucybrisbane.bsky.social
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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“Attacks on immigration and benefits both rely on similar ugly prejudice: certain members of society “contribute” and others “cost”, and in the extreme, leech off the superior healthy and white population.”
My col. on Britain’s new wave of anti-migrant policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on Britain’s new wave of anti-migrant policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Just beads in a glass jar: this is how the Tories dehumanise migrants and those in need | Frances Ryan
The Conservatives, like Reform, are rooting their immigration policy in the language of welfare dependency. It’s deeply harmful, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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October 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“Attacks on immigration and benefits both rely on similar ugly prejudice: certain members of society “contribute” and others “cost”, and in the extreme, leech off the superior healthy and white population.”
My col. on Britain’s new wave of anti-migrant policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My col. on Britain’s new wave of anti-migrant policy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Home Office form to apply for leave to remain on the basis of private life... a thread.
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The Home Office form to apply for leave to remain on the basis of private life... a thread.
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The big hole in the new Employment Rights Act is that some workers still have to risk deportation to report labour abuses.
So pleased that Baroness Hamwee is supporting our call for migrant workers to be able to report bad employers without fear: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3929/s...
So pleased that Baroness Hamwee is supporting our call for migrant workers to be able to report bad employers without fear: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3929/s...
Unnumbered amendment to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Baroness Hamwee's amendment After Clause 48 () to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, proposed during Report stage
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October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The big hole in the new Employment Rights Act is that some workers still have to risk deportation to report labour abuses.
So pleased that Baroness Hamwee is supporting our call for migrant workers to be able to report bad employers without fear: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3929/s...
So pleased that Baroness Hamwee is supporting our call for migrant workers to be able to report bad employers without fear: bills.parliament.uk/bills/3929/s...
A new report finds serious gaps in understanding modern slavery in construction.
'There is a real concern that the drive to ‘get Britain building’ is not being matched by adequate enforcement capacity. Modern slavery risk thrives where monitoring is weak...'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/modern-...
'There is a real concern that the drive to ‘get Britain building’ is not being matched by adequate enforcement capacity. Modern slavery risk thrives where monitoring is weak...'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/modern-...
Modern slavery risk in UK housebuilding could be hidden in plain sight | King's College London
The review highlights serious gaps in understanding modern slavery in the sector.
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A new report finds serious gaps in understanding modern slavery in construction.
'There is a real concern that the drive to ‘get Britain building’ is not being matched by adequate enforcement capacity. Modern slavery risk thrives where monitoring is weak...'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/modern-...
'There is a real concern that the drive to ‘get Britain building’ is not being matched by adequate enforcement capacity. Modern slavery risk thrives where monitoring is weak...'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/modern-...
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It is harrowing to see the Home Office once again preventing families from being safely reunited in the UK.
No child — from Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan or any other war zone should be left to face horrific violence alone because of a bureaucracy blind to their suffering
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No child — from Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan or any other war zone should be left to face horrific violence alone because of a bureaucracy blind to their suffering
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Teenager from Gaza ‘stuck in hell’ after being prevented from joining mother in UK
Dania Alafranji, 16, still waiting on visa despite being offered school place in Berkshire 18 months ago
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It is harrowing to see the Home Office once again preventing families from being safely reunited in the UK.
No child — from Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan or any other war zone should be left to face horrific violence alone because of a bureaucracy blind to their suffering
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
No child — from Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan or any other war zone should be left to face horrific violence alone because of a bureaucracy blind to their suffering
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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We're recruiting a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice, who is looking to build a career in a legal profession.
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
We’re recruiting a Trainee Solicitor (Immigration and Employment) | Work Rights Centre
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October 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We're recruiting a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice, who is looking to build a career in a legal profession.
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
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We know what migrants on work visas are doing in the labour market, but we know very little about the jobs their partners are doing and how much they're earning.
New FOI data sheds light on that.
New FOI data sheds light on that.
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
We know what migrants on work visas are doing in the labour market, but we know very little about the jobs their partners are doing and how much they're earning.
New FOI data sheds light on that.
New FOI data sheds light on that.
We're recruiting a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice, who is looking to build a career in a legal profession.
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
We’re recruiting a Trainee Solicitor (Immigration and Employment) | Work Rights Centre
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October 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
We're recruiting a trainee solicitor with a strong sense of justice, who is looking to build a career in a legal profession.
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
After two years, you will gain the required practical experience to fully qualify as a solicitor.
Apply or send to a friend🤝
www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
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From last week: Job Ad: The Work Rights Centre is recruiting a Policy Manager | Free Movement
Job Ad: The Work Rights Centre is recruiting a Policy Manager - Free Movement
Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
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October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
From last week: Job Ad: The Work Rights Centre is recruiting a Policy Manager | Free Movement
'Staying at Gail’s and hoping for a promotion is, for Sanjana, the only option. Like thousands of other workers in Britain’s ever-deepening hostile environment, her life is bound to her employer.'
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
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'We're just a bakery': Does Gail's rely on low-paid migrant workers to further its expansionist vision?
The economics and migration behind the Gail’s expansion. Words by Sasha Patel and Ben Jacob. Illustration by Kruttika Susarla.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
'Staying at Gail’s and hoping for a promotion is, for Sanjana, the only option. Like thousands of other workers in Britain’s ever-deepening hostile environment, her life is bound to her employer.'
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/at-gails-w...
'Britain’s visa system is enabling modern-day slavery. Why are ministers making things worse?'
For #antislaveryweek, we wrote about how plans to double the waiting period to apply for settlement will only put workers at risk of exploitation and slavery for longer.
www.context.news/money-power-...
For #antislaveryweek, we wrote about how plans to double the waiting period to apply for settlement will only put workers at risk of exploitation and slavery for longer.
www.context.news/money-power-...
Britain’s work visa system is enabling modern day slavery | Context by TRF
Flawed UK sponsorship scheme that ties migrant workers to their employer puts them at risk of exploitation by rogue bosses
www.context.news
October 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
'Britain’s visa system is enabling modern-day slavery. Why are ministers making things worse?'
For #antislaveryweek, we wrote about how plans to double the waiting period to apply for settlement will only put workers at risk of exploitation and slavery for longer.
www.context.news/money-power-...
For #antislaveryweek, we wrote about how plans to double the waiting period to apply for settlement will only put workers at risk of exploitation and slavery for longer.
www.context.news/money-power-...