Mid-year report (January – July 2024)

This mid-year report of WSC’s casework supporting seasonal agricultural workers between January and July 2024 includes data from 411 individuals, spanning 212 cases and 199 enquiries. We have highlighted four key safeguarding risks posed to workers on the UK Seasonal Worker visa in agriculture: dismissals and pay related pressure; poor housing; health and safety hazards; and inaccessible transfers away from poor employment. Drawing on data from our cases we have set out the specific issues faced by workers, the actions WSC has taken to tackle them and our recommendations to government for policy change.