Turning a blind eye: the British state and migrant domestic workers' employment rights

*A conference organised by the Working Lives Research Institute*

The report of a WLRI research project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation,
looking at the enforcement of employment rights for migrant domestic
workers in Britain is to be launched at a conference in May. Based on
survey material, individual records recovered from the UK Borders Agency
and interviews with migrant domestic workers, the project identifies
widespread tax evasion and breaches of employment rights, and examines the
extent to which they are detected and rectified by the State's
enforcement bodies.


The report ("Turning a Blind Eye") and its implications for the fight
against exploitation and forced labour will be presented by authors Nick
Clark & Leena Kumarappan and discussed with a panel of distinguished
experts including:

  * Dr Bridget Anderson, Centre for Migration Policy and Society
  * Richard Murphy, Tax Research UK
  * Marissa Begonia, Justice for Domestic Workers (J4DW)
  * Paul Whitehouse, Chair, Gangmasters Licensing Authority
  * Professor John Gabriel, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Social
    Sciences, London Metropolitan University
  * Speaker from Unite the Union

*Time:* 10am - 4.00pm

*Date:* 26th May 2011

*Venue: *Toynbee Hall
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6LS

*RSVP* (limited space):
workinglives@londonmet.ac.uk <mailto:workinglives@londonmet.ac.uk?subject=>
0207 320 3042