Is this Government in favour of Slavery?

[Zippy]

Not this time... should improve my cv no end! The rate is crap though.

Bide your time, things will get better. You're better off than those poor sods - at least you can run if you get a better offer ....

[gingerjedi]

I hope you are working for our wonderful government?

Not this time... should improve my cv no end! The rate is crap though.

[Moose423956]

Dunno about most of that, but I'm pretty certain they still have legal protection if they 'suffer abuse'. When you say help I'm not really sure what you mean ...

I think this explains it:

Under the proposals migrant domestic workers (MDWs) would lose the right to change employers. This would vastly increase the power of abusive employers and the incidence of forced labour in the UK. If MDWs suffer abuse or exploitation they will have the stark choice between continuing to suffer or fleeing and becoming undocumented. Their insecure immigration status will effectively prevent them from accessing justice through the police or basic employment law protections.

[Zippy]

This is the first post that I’ve been paid to type in 4 months.

I hope you are working for our wonderful government?

[oracleslave]

This is the first post that I’ve been paid to type in 4 months.

Consider it a miracle if you had a workstation/desk/network access etc in the first week.

[snaw]

Picked up on this issue on the Oxfam website. It would appear the government are planning to bring in changes which will make it impossible for migrant domestic workers who are brought to the country by their "employers" to seek help or to leave when they suffer abuse. In my view this amounts to slavery, supported by our wonderful government.

Dunno about most of that, but I'm pretty certain they still have legal protection if they 'suffer abuse'. When you say help I'm not really sure what you mean ...

[gingerjedi]

All governments are in favour of slavery, high house prices and lots of shiny things on the high street make people want to earn money so the government get their taxes.

Its a conspiracy I tell you.

This is the first post that I’ve been paid to type in 4 months.

[Moose423956]

Picked up on this issue on the Oxfam website. It would appear the government are planning to bring in changes which will make it impossible for migrant domestic workers who are brought to the country by their "employers" to seek help or to leave when they suffer abuse. In my view this amounts to slavery, supported by our wonderful government.

Domestic workers...come to the UK with their rich employers, from countries such as India, Sri Lanka, or the Philippines. The majority of the workers are women. Most are exploited and badly treated by their employers; many are sexually and physically abused.

At the moment these workers come to the UK under a domestic worker visa. This gives them legal status as workers: they are protected by UK employment laws, and can leave an abusive employer and get another job in a private household if they need to.

The government is planning to abolish the domestic worker visa, and instead register migrant domestic workers as ‘visitors’. No longer workers, they will effectively be bonded labourers, many forced to work in conditions akin to slavery. Leaving an abusive situation to find another job will no longer be an option.