8 September 2024
Contact: Valeria Ragni WSC Centre Manager, 07474703452/valeria@workersupportcentre.org.uk
Today WSC launches the mid-year report of our casework supporting seasonal agricultural workers between January and July 2024. The report includes data from 417 individuals, spanning 218 cases and 199 enquiries.
We are underlining 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 out of poor employment.
Within these cases we have set out the specific issues faced by workers, the actions WSC has taken to tackle them and our recommendations to the UK and Scottish Governments for review and policy change.
This report comes as the Worker Support Centre has seen the highest ever demand on our services, with more people contacting us than ever before. If you can please donate to support our work.
Click here to open the report or download below.