Disciplining the remittance marketplace?

A live inquiry into the #financialisation of #remittances. By Queen Mary University of London, with and for #moneytransfers businesses.

[Disciplining the remittance marketplace? @DiscipliningPay]

Was your #remittance business affected by #dersiking? We're keen to learn how. Fill out our 5min survey for #moneytransfer businesses and help us build an evidence base: https://t.co/ku2QrQlJtT

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

In the last week, there have been some KEY announcements in relation to the UK’s Seasonal Worker visa scheme... 🧵(1/9)

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

We're hiring a Policy and Research Officer 📊🎙️! If you have a strong sense of justice, mixed methods research experience, and want to mobilise the power of evidence to end migrant poverty, this is for you: https://t.co/PNq1d5IlTw Send your CV and Cover Letter by 28 May.

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

We’ve written a list, checked it twice and enlisted a a crew of Santa’s helpers to help us enforce it, including the inimitable @jackieweaver
Please take a moment to watch Jackie’s appeal & donate to our #NaughtyList campaign: https://t.co/1vQEVsVzvp

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

For low-paid workers and the unemployed, the autumn Budget leaves little room for optimism🧵

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

A construction worker hasn't been paid for six weeks, due to a missing Certificate of Application. Conveniently, the company didn't ask for right to work checks when the job started, but now insists they can't pay him without one. He risks losing his home. This has to end now.

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

We've heard from several EU nationals who have been dismissed/rejected from employment because their #EUSS applications were pending & their employers struggled to verify their status through the cumbersome Employer Checking Service.
Thank you @maybulman for covering this👇

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

Employers are expected to conduct new right to work checks for EU+ nationals. But the Employer Checking Service isn’t fit for purpose.
🔴 Contradictory wording
🔴 Out-of-date information
🔴 Confusion over reference numbers
Read our report to learn more: https://t.co/6LBwj8glEN

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

We published our #EUSS report less than a week ago. We're already hearing from more people whose lives have been put on hold by the backlog: no job, no healthcare, no news on their applications. Know someone in this situation? Get in touch https://t.co/LFRM1nglJE

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

Our latest #EUSS report explores:

🔵 The harm caused to applicants still awaiting a decision.
🔵 The reasons for & consequences of late applications.
🔵 Refusals & the burden of evidencing one’s residence in the UK.

Read more & download the report: https://t.co/pUuOP7ghkf

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

Another email from someone stuck in the EUSS backlog, unable to get a job as employers insist on a share code. This is the 5th case like this. The deadline was less than 2 months ago. Sound familiar? Reach out: https://t.co/vEYb8HxwN5

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

Another day in the life. A worried man approached us. He never thought he needed EUSS, as he'd been working in the UK since 2014. What changed? Borders. For the first time, entering the UK came with a stamp🛂.This is why physical docs matter (1/2)

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

We're seeking a full-time, Romanian-speaking employment rights adviser.
✔️ Strong sense of social justice?
✔️ Good knowledge of UK employment statuses & rights?
✔️ Previous experience supporting vulnerable adults?
If this is you, apply by 09 Aug: https://t.co/bCdGTu9Bpk

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

“My mother-in-law is helping with food. The bills aren’t being paid, I can’t drive because I only have half a tank of petrol left.” This is what happens when immigration checks are delegated to civil society.🧵 https://t.co/Dw1hd6YZu6

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

Some advice for #HR professionals on the new right to work checks via @hrmagazine
Please be patient with employees whose EUSS status is pending. Learning the (new) ropes is the best way to respect the law - and your team: https://t.co/PB4f4ZorNk

[Citizens' Rights Project @CitzRights]

Useful advice on the Right to Work checks and how that affects EU/EEA citizens in UK. What employers can or should do, and what they shouldn't do. (From the London Business Hub, but relevant to all UK). @WORCrights https://t.co/VRQNgAxTpA

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

🚨 ECJ has issued an opinion that UK is guilty of indirect discrimination (nationality) if it refuses social assistance to EU citizens w pre-settled status.

Judgement expected in months. But this is grounds for cautious optimism. Thanks @tconnellyRTE
https://t.co/mfr9GX0QRn

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

We've just heard from an EU citizen who is also a British national. Their company wouldn't recognise a British Passport as proof of right to work, insisting on share code. 👻
This is shocking discrimination - and an example of the senselessness created by the hostile environment.

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

We have updated the 'EUSS and absence' section of our #Brexit FAQs to reflect the updated guidance issued by the Home Office on 10th June. If you know someone who is struggling to understand their rights, you can direct them here: https://t.co/z4TjeYaOO7

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

Thanks @BigIssue for taking a critical look at the workers' rights watchdog proposed by @beisgovuk today. To our CEO Dr. Olivia Vicol, "it will have to earn workers' trust by affirming its commitment to their welfare [...] confidential reporting, and clarity on data sharing."

[Work Rights Centre @WORCrights]

Thank you @maybulman @Independent for reporting the anxiety so many EU nationals are feeling as the EUSS deadline approaches. Our advisers are working flat out to support people.
If you need help, contact our team: https://t.co/LFRM1nglJE