Strengthening access to justice, improving workplace protections, and ensuring early intervention when risks emerge.
Our work includes:
- Providing advocacy and representation for migrant workers in workplace processes, including disciplinary, grievance, and other employment-related hearings.
- Delivering immigration and employment advice through qualified legal partners.
- Supporting migrant workers to understand the protections and legal remedies available to them, enabling them to make informed decisions about their rights and safety.
- Identifying patterns of harmful employment and immigration practices and using this evidence to advocate for safer, fairer systems.
- Working with frontline organisations, legal professionals, and statutory agencies to improve safeguarding responses and strengthen pathways for early intervention.
"Migrants At Work helped me navigate the complexities of my case."
Recent examples of our work:
Consultation response on the Draft Code of Practice regarding "Right to Work" checks to help prevent illegal working while avoiding discrimination
Supported over 70 migrant workers to navigate pathways to justice
Established a referral pathway to Leicester University Law Clinic for migrant workers to access free legal advice
Facilitated meetings between migrant workers and the Director of Labour Market Enforcement (DLME) ahead of the Fair Work Agency being established