Migrant domestic workers
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Migrant Domestic Workers who work for wealthy families in the UK are currently allowed to change employers without breaking the law so long as they continue working full time as a domestic worker in a private household.
Under proposed changes to the immigration rules in the UK, migrant domestic workers will lose this right to change employers. They will be brought to the UK on a 6 month long 'business visitors visa' which will be non renewable and not permit them to change employers even if they are abused in their employment. Kalayaan
, a UK charity which works with migrant domestic workers, is campaigning against the proposed changes which will in practice make it impossible for migrant domestic workers to challenge abuse or to access UK employment law.
On 25 June 2008 migrant domestic workers and campaigning organizations such as Kalayaan and Unite
http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=499 won a huge success. The UK government announced that it committed to the continued protection of this group of workers and would not proceed with plans to end the domestic worker visa and with it the rights of this group of workers to change employers, which allows them to escape abuse.
Under proposed changes to the immigration rules in the UK, migrant domestic workers will lose this right to change employers. They will be brought to the UK on a 6 month long 'business visitors visa' which will be non renewable and not permit them to change employers even if they are abused in their employment. Kalayaan
Kalayaan (charity)
Kalayaan is a United Kingdom charity which works with and to support migrant domestic workers in the UK. The word 'kalayaan' means 'freedom' in Tagalog, with over 200,000 Filipinos working in the UK as domestic workers.Kalayaan won the 2006 Centre for...
, a UK charity which works with migrant domestic workers, is campaigning against the proposed changes which will in practice make it impossible for migrant domestic workers to challenge abuse or to access UK employment law.
On 25 June 2008 migrant domestic workers and campaigning organizations such as Kalayaan and Unite
Unite the Union
Unite – the Union, known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union...
http://www.unitetheunion.org.uk/news-article.php?iNewsId=499 won a huge success. The UK government announced that it committed to the continued protection of this group of workers and would not proceed with plans to end the domestic worker visa and with it the rights of this group of workers to change employers, which allows them to escape abuse.
See also
- Foreign domestic helpers in Hong KongForeign domestic helpers in Hong KongForeign domestic helpers in Hong Kong are foreign domestic workers and housemaids employed by Hongkongers, typically families. They make up approximately 3% of the population of Hong Kong and an overwhelming majority of them are women...
- Migrant WorkerMigrant workerThe term migrant worker has different official meanings and connotations in different parts of the world. The United Nations' definition is broad, including any people working outside of their home country...
- Domestic workers
- Convention on domestic workersConvention on domestic workersThe Convention on Domestic Workers, formally the Convention concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers is a convention setting labour standards for domestic workers...
- Dirty, Dangerous and DemeaningDirty, Dangerous and DemeaningDirty, Dangerous and Demeaning , also known as the 3Ds, is an American neologism derived from an Asian concept, and refers to certain kinds of labor often performed by unionized blue-collar workers.The term originated from the Japanese expression 3K: kitanai, kiken, and kitsui, and has...
also known as the 3Ds in Japan
External links
- "Slaves" want UK law change - BBC News
- If they have your passport, they have your life - iRR News
- Nanny Abuse - Walrus Magazine