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Funding disparities, exploitation risks, emotional distress: charity report reveals local authorities’ experiences of the UK’s response to crisis in Ukraine
A report from the charity Work Rights Centre, published today, reveals the scale of the challenge facing London’s local authorities as they endeavour to support Ukrainian refugees - with limitations i...
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Urgent action needed to tackle risk of homelessness in UK’s Ukrainian refugee population
A report published today by the frontline charity Work Rights Centre has revealed serious shortcomings in the government’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Drawing on survey data and re...
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Anti-poverty charity cracks ‘opaque’ Universal Credit eligibility requirements with free digital tool
The tool’s release comes as the DWP recommences its process of moving people on legacy benefits onto the newer UC system The Work Rights Centre, an anti-poverty charity predominantly supporting migran...
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Charities urge UK to let Ukrainian temporary visa holders to bring relatives to safety
Thousands of Ukrainians who live in and contribute to British society have been excluded from the government’s Ukraine Family Scheme. Powerless to help relatives fleeing the war, they are turning to c...
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Charity report reveals systematic exploitation of Ukrainian workers on British farms
As the Immigration Minister suggested Ukrainian refugees could pick fruit on UK farms, charity report finds that Seasonal Workers are exploited on a regular basis. Employment rights charity, the Work...
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Stars rally behind charity’s Christmas campaign to put bad employer behaviour on the #NaughtyList
Public figures from a variety of sectors have come together to help the Work Rights Centre, an employment rights charity, raise awareness of precarious work practices, and to urge everyone affected to...
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Charity Director disappointed by ‘underwhelming’ budget - ‘the call for fairness has gone unanswered’
Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol, director of the Work Rights Centre, a charity dedicated to ending in-work poverty, says the Chancellor’s plans don’t go far enough to help struggling families and Universal Credi...
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‘Not fit for purpose’ - employment rights charity criticises the Home Office’s Employer Checking Service for ‘contradictory wording’ and ‘out-of-date’ information
Employment rights charity, the Work Rights Centre, has published a report outlining its concerns about the Employer Checking Service, a Home Office online platform designed to help employers check the...
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Charity report reveals issues experienced by EU+ citizens since EUSS deadline
Employment rights charity the Work Rights Centre has just published a report examining the ongoing challenges created by the EU Settlement Scheme. Two months after the deadline,they are still putting...
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EUSS Benefits Cut-Off: The Perils of a Constitutive System
In July, an internal letter from the DWP, seen by The Independent, suggested that EU nationals who haven’t applied for EUSS will have their benefits cut off in September. For employment rights charity...