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What is the ask?
Ensure everyone has the right to work and a straightforward route to regularisation based on employment, regardless of their immigration status. All workers need safe conditions, decent pay, and protection if employers seek to take advantage of them. JCWI is calling on the Government to:
Ensure everyone has the right to work to support themselves: repeal the criminal offence of ‘illegal working’ and ‘right to rent’ employer checks
Prioritise decent conditions over immigration enforcement: establish a firewall between labour inspectors and immigration enforcement and enforce minimum working standards more rigorously
Ensure everyone can rely on the state safety net in times of difficulty: scrap ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ visa conditions and increase sick pay for all
End the cycle that puts workers at the mercy of exploitative employers: ensure all visas include pathways to permanent settlement within a…