Incredibly grateful for B. Hamwee for tabling an amendment to the Border Security, Immigration & Asylum Bill to make sure migrant domestic workers have protections as workers www.kalayaan.org.uk/wp-content/u... 1/

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...

Great to see B. Hamwee's amendment calling for Secure Reporting tabled at Report Stage of the Border Security, Immigration & Asylum Bill. This is key to support encourage victims and witnesses of crime including labour exploitation to seek help labourexploitation.org/app/uploads/...

Always wonderful to spend time with @voiceofdws.bsky.social

Changes to the immigration rules will mean that from Nov agricultural Seaonal worker visa holders will be able to come to the UK twice in a 10 month period (down from 12). freemovement.org.uk/date-set-for...

📢 Vacancy closing soon! We are recruiting a Director of Operations at FLEX If you’re passionate about building strong teams and systems that drive social justice, have a look 👇 Deadline: Monday 6 October 2025 (midday).

It’s a real failing when even those who’ve battled a system where the odds are weighed against them to win an ET claim never actually receive the compensation they are owed

The Tories employment tribunal fees were a disaster for access to justice and for rights at work. This Labour government cannot undermine its own employment rights commitments by introducing them. Just rule it out now. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

📢Watch @josephinewy.bsky.social our Head of Advocacy talking on @news.sky.com about why digital ID is a distraction from the real everyday issues people are facing in this country.

Fantastic resource to help demystify parliament. Have you seen this @voiceofdws.bsky.social drive.google.com/file/d/17ic4...

The @freemovement.bsky.social explainer I’ve been waiting for - a step by step to the evolving migration lists 👏 freemovement.org.uk/explainer-na...

"Harassers get away with it, employers fail to deal with the problem, and enforcement is unable to do anything about it. Yet again, women workers pay the price for the failure of the systems responsible for protecting their welfare." Read FLEX's CEO Lucila Granada in @opendemocracy.net

Defra’s surveys of workers on the UK’s agricultural Seasonal Worker visa reveal serious questions about elements of the scheme. At what point will these finally be enough for an overhaul of the scheme? labourexploitation.org/news/defras-...

With unfair costs already being paid by migrant workers, we back the Employer Pays Principle as a means to reduce the risk of exploitation in the Seasonal Worker Scheme. Read our joint statement on the Employers Pay Principle Feasibility Study: labourexploitation.org/news/seasona...

It was hard while developing this piece to see @focusonlabour.bsky.social excellent push for a Fair Work Agency firewall, resulting in amendment 273PA tabled by Baroness Hamwee in HoL Employment Rights Bill debate, then discarded under the illusion of 'protection of vulnerable migrants from harm'

Important ‪@hannahjlewis.bsky.social critique of the damage caused by the victim narrative in anti trafficking discourse, especially in the context of @helenbamber.bsky.social @ecpatuk.bsky.social & ATLEU finding in 2024 only 4% of non British nationals confirmed as trafficked were granted leave

96% of trafficked people who, as non British nationals, consented to enter the UK's National Referral Mechanism & were found by the UK govt's identification system to be trafficked were not granted leave. Imagine speaking up, providing evidence, waiting & the positive decision cutting you adrift.

Still time to apply for this key role at FLEX ⬇️

When immigration policy ignores labour realities, it doesn’t end exploitation; it enables it. Read our analysis of the implementation of the Immigration White paper, planned for 22 July, and what this means for labour exploitation, here 👇

The only thing delivery bikes outside hotels prove is that the ban on work for asylum seekers must end, says charity Asylum Matters.

Or, here's an idea: we could just let people work, pay taxes, and start rebuilding their lives? Banning work exposes people to exploitation & abuse - if you want to end illegal working, it's pretty simple: lift the ban, and let people seeking asylum work legally.

FLEX report ‘Caring about workers rights’ explains how a future Fair Work Agency should adopt mechanisms such as Secure Reporting to make sure workers on restrictive work visas in high risk sectors can access rights labourexploitation.org/publications...

Really important for many reasons for climate sector to engage in migration policy outside of just climate refugees. Migration policy affects key govt. commitments including this, and ending child poverty, VAGW and homelessness.

Thank you to Baroness Hamwee for tabling this vital amendment on secure reporting. The Employment Rights Bill aims to strengthen workers' rights and safety; but until migrant workers can report abuse without fear, exploitation will remain undeterred.

Looking to work to improve workers’ rights and address risks of exploitation? Apply to join our team and build on the brilliant work of @pwielt.bsky.social ⬇️

Hoping this is the last international domestic workers day that domestic workers have to repeat the call for a visa which means they can access rights as workers @voiceofdws.bsky.social

This #InternationalDomesticWorkerDay its time to reinstate the original domestic worker visa to drive up standards & make work pay for domestic workers #ATLEU labourexploitation.org/news/interna...

We've had a wonderful afternoon celebrating #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay with our community and allies @focusonlabour.bsky.social @effat.org @zrinka.bsky.social & others. Stay tuned for more from us this week as we continue our work to restore rights to this workforce 💪

Today is #InternationalDomesticWorkersDay. We're headed to Westminster to celebrate with one another, share food, hear speeches and come together again to unite and call on the UK Government to fix the broken domestic workers visa and ratify ILO Convention 189 on decent work for domestic workers 💪

The only message for International Domestic Workers Day. UK restore the original domestic worker visa, ratify ILO C189. Domestic workers are workers and need access to rights! @kalayaan.org.uk #theVoiceofDomesticWorkers

The Spending Review commits to starting the Fair Work Agency, and yet there is nothing said of how much resource it will be given. If the government truly wants to tackle labour exploitation, they must begin by ensuring their flagship workers' rights measure will have enough resources to function.

Tackling exploitation of migrant workers requires systematic solutions, to ensure abuses can be reported securely without risk of destitution or deportation.

Much to say about this report considering legal costs to workers of the Seasonal Worker visa. A couple: 1. Its focus is far too narrow when we know so many are paying illegal costs & fees; 2. Without effective labour market enforcement we've no way of ensuring EPP won't be passed on to workers.

"10 years of limbo is not immigration policy. It is a prison sentence." Nish, a youth organiser here at Praxis, shares her experience of the 10-year-route and shows how cruel and punishing Labour's latest proposals are 👇 www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

Today's immigration stats show employers can no longer afford to hire migrant workers via the Skilled Worker visa route. This must not signal a pivot to reliance on high-risk, short-term work visas. Read our detailed data analysis and commentary here www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

"Workers must have practical options to leave exploitative work, raise complaints, and support themselves through alternative legal work." @k8roberts.bsky.social from @focusonlabour.bsky.social reflects on the evolution of the UK's "Modern Slavery" Act. www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

A lot has been said about Labour's hardening of immigration rules & dehumanising rhetoric, but nobody is sharing the opinions of migrant workers. That's why we commissioned Nandi Msezane, a care worker in East Sussex, to write this piece for us. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

This #InternationalWorkersDay FLEX stands with all workers facing exploitation. We especially highlight the migrant domestic workers still fighting for their basic rights. All migrants need work visas which mean they can leave exploitation and access rights in practice.

Its 13 years since migrant domestic workers on the ODW visa had rights removed. They could be reinstated with a small change to the immigration rules. Instead worker after worker continues to be exploited www.bigissue.com/opinion/migr...

Our friends at StatusNow4All have written a briefing paper, joining us in urging the government to include migrant and refugee people within the provisions of the Employment Rights Bill. Read the briefing here: statusnow4all.org/migrant-and-...

The modem slavery act is 10 years old. The Employment Rights Bill is an opportunity to address the structures which allow exploitation to thrive. Read the @focusonlabour.bsky.social briefing on what is needed ⬇️

“They told me, ‘We will call the police, you don’t have the right documents, you will go to jail.’” www.theguardian.com/environment/... The UK's Employment Rights Bill must not leave migrant fishers adrift. See our joint call for the Fair Work Agency labourexploitation.org/app/uploads/...

We have worked with our colleagues on the Seasonal Worker Interest Group @focusonlabour.bsky.social @antislavery.org @workrights.bsky.social ATLEU @tuc.org.uk @unitetheunion.bsky.social @landworkersuk.bsky.social @fairsq.bsky.social to call for a review of the sector in light of findings.

"Ending labour exploitation is not achieved by punishing its victims, but by stopping the conditions that create it in the first place" @focusonlabour.bsky.social Lucila Granada on the new Borders Bill www.bigissue.com/opinion/gove... FLEX briefing on the Bill labourexploitation.org/publications...

NEXT SSAHE WEBINAR: Migrant labour, exploitation, and the hostile environment, Mon Feb 17 5:00 PM GMT Speakers: Panos Theodoropoulos, International Workers of the World Kate Roberts, Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) Hannah Lewis, Sheffield www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migrant-la...

People's character should not be judged based on what means they took to arrive here in search of safety or where they came from. With these changes we are tacitly allowing the government to run coach and horses through our cohesion. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...

The threshold for acceptable government policy must include ensuring that all victims of exploitation are protected. And yet, in our urgent new briefing, we show that the new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill upholds a system that facilitates exploitation.

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss how secure reporting pathways & bridging visas are vital tools for the Employment Rights Bill & future Fair Work Agency to be effective for migrant care workers & other workers on restrictive work visas labourexploitation.org/publications...

FLEX is delighted to be one of @bigissue.com's Top 100 Changemakers for 2025. We will never stop working to challenge and transform the systems and structures that make workers vulnerable to abuse, until we live in a world free from all forms of labour exploitation.

ICYMI: We are launching a new project to help migrant workers report exploitation and abuse without fear. Everyone should be able to access services that ensure their safety. By working with partners across London to develop a blueprint for the city, we will make this a reality.