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Issue 219
Government Launches Crackdown on Overseas Worker Exploitation
The government is to introduce new measures that will ban employers found guilty of serious breaches from hiring overseas staff as part of its crackdown on the exploitation of migrant workers. The crackdown, which aims to tackle abuse in the immigration and employment systems, will target what the government calls “rogue employers” who
repeatedly flout visa rules or fail to meet basic employment standards. Under the proposed changes, companies found guilty of repeated offences such as not paying the National Minimum Wage, will be barred from hiring overseas workers, will be banned from recruiting international workers for at least two years, doubling the current penalty period.
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