@workrights.bsky.social
We’re a charity helping migrants and disadvantaged Brits access employment justice and improve social mobility. Our evidence-based campaigns drive systemic change. https://www.workrightscentre.org/
More than 1 in 10 employers stripped of their licence had it reinstated to continue hiring - and exploiting - migrants. Shameful. Is the Home Office operating with its eyes closed?
These employers must be fined, and that money must be used to compensate victims.
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A massive thank you to @neilduncanjordan.bsky.social and @unison.org.uk for collaborating with us to host an event for MPs to hear directly from migrant workers set to be affected by the settlement proposals.
As @stevewitherdenmp.bsky.social said: MPs are waking up to the magnitude of these plans!
Watch the full debate from Monday 2 February 2026 www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
03.02.2026 12:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0'Retrospectivity is un-British' - Labour MP @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social told a packed Westminster Hall debate that plans to double migrants' wait for settlement must be abandoned.
'Let us be a country that always honours its debts, not just its financial ones, but its moral ones too'👏Thank you Tony
Watch here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
02.02.2026 17:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0MPs are debating the earned settlement proposals - turnout is incredible.
"Everyone one of us here will have a case where if this goes through, it will be absolutely tragic... If this goes ahead, every one of us will report social care collapsing in our constituencies" @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social
We're looking for an experienced trainer to drive the development and delivery of our new exciting training programme 👀
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The Dept for Health and Social Care has no idea how the plans to restrict settlement for migrants already in the UK would affect the NHS or care sector. This should be ringing alarm bells for every MP who cares about their constituents' access to healthcare.
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2579273...
We're seeking a Finance Trustee (Treasurer). This is an opportunity to make real, lasting social change.
💛Please share💛
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The government has announced the biggest restrictions to settlement rights in decades.
Ministers plan to apply them retroactively, breaking the promises made to people when they uprooted their lives to move here. How can this be fair?
Write to your MP now.
www.workrightscentre.org/write-to-you...
👀 Updating this thread to direct you to @workrights.bsky.social page on the upcoming changes – a comprehensive guide to what's changing and what you can do about it.
13.01.2026 14:04 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Getting ILR means the difference between being able to change jobs freely, and being tied to one employer with ultimate control over your life.
Doubling the wait for ILR means doubling the time in precarity. Here's how to speak out against the plans⬇️
www.workrightscentre.org/our-campaign...
Happy New Year everyone! Our free and confidential advice service is open for 2026.
Last year was a very busy one. We do not have capacity to take on any new immigration matters until the end of January 2026. We apologise for the inconvenience.
www.workrightscentre.org/get-help/
We will be closed from 25 December 2025 - 1 January 2026 inclusive.
Happy Holidays and see you in the New Year 💛
We take our impact very seriously. Here's a snapshot of what we achieved in 2025:
💥£173K recovered for people exploited by their employers
💥481 people supported to understand & secure their immigration status
💥8 Home Office decisions contested
Read more⬇️
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Are you an employment lawyer, caseworker or worker seeking justice at the tribunal?
In partnership with @tbij.bsky.social we're finding out what's behind the delays pushing some hearings into 2028!
Please take 3 minutes to share your experience.
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Our new guide to settling in the UK offers information on the existing routes to settlement, and further detail on the government's proposed 'earned settlement model'.
Please share with your networks🙏
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🔊We are launching a NEW CAMPAIGN to stand against the government's plans to put ILR even further out of reach for most migrants (except the wealthy!)
These plans are morally wrong and will damage our society and communities. Stand with us to oppose them✊
www.workrightscentre.org/our-campaign...
You can read the MAC's report here, and remember: we have until 12 February to respond to the government's settlement consultation. The stakes have never been higher.
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After the impact assessment on Tuesday, this is the second independent publication to raise serious question over the government's settlement changes. They make no fiscal sense. They're just likely to increase poverty, and subject migrants to high-risk employer-sponsored visas for longer.
11.12.2025 14:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0🚨New research by the Migration Advisory Committee shows migrants who came to the UK on the Skilled Worker visa route in 2022/23 likely to make a +47bn fiscal contribution over their lifetime. Even the lowest earners excluded from the route after the July changes make a positive contribution
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Shorter waits are an improvement - but just part of the picture. We also want to see that victims are better identified and supported, including with access to VTS, which is v rarely awarded.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
NB: at the time of writing the charts appeared reversed, Fig 1 should be Fig2🙈
📉 the average (median) age of cases awaiting a conclusive grounds decision was 101 days, a decrease of 28% (40 days) when compared to the total of 141 days on 30 September 2025.
11.12.2025 10:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0New NRM stats today show significant decrease in the time it's taking for cases to receive Conclusive Grounds decisions.
📉 As of the 30 Nov 2025 there were 6,749 cases awaiting a CG decision; a 26% decrease compared to 30 September 2025 (9,107) and a 77% decrease from the peak of 29,275 in 2022.
It is particularly concerning that the government published these figures more than four months after the rules were changed, limiting the public’s ability to scrutinise the impact of these proposals before they were enacted.
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These changes deal the UK a bad hand with a lot to lose and little to gain.
Meanwhile, exploited migrant care workers are yet to receive any remedy for the harm they suffered at the hands of Home Office approved sponsors. 4/X
The changes are expected to lower net migration numbers by between 21,000 and 34,000 in 2025/56, and between 40,000 and 67,000 in 2029/2030.
These figures portray a significant loss to the UK’s workforce, with domestic workers somehow expected to fill in the gaps asap. 3/X
Businesses are projected to take a financial hit in the form of higher wages, higher up-front investment costs or, in some cases, lower outputs. Firms are recommended to adjust by: “freezing recruitment”, “changing production levels”, or “changing location of production or outsourcing”. 2/X
09.12.2025 16:29 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0🚨Changes to immigration could wipe £10bn from the Treasury, reveals the government's impact assessment.
The losses are almost certain: older & disabled people will find it harder to get care, and between -£10.8bn and -£2.2bn will be lost in taxes; while the benefits are uncertain & intangible. 1/X
In her budget, the Chancellor set out plans to establish a 'hidden economy team' in the Fair Work Agency.
Could this signify a shift away from protecting the most vulnerable workers, and towards tougher immigration enforcement on behalf of the Home Office?
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