28-11-2023 01:01 via theguardian.com

Foreign care workers invited to UK ‘exploited on grand scale’, says union

Some of those asked to help fill skills gap say they have been effectively paid as little as £5 an hour and charged unexpected feesForeign care staff invited to the UK to help fix a chronic worker shortage are being “exploited on a grand scale”, a trade union has said, after it emerged some had been effectively paid as little as £5 an hour and charged thousands of pounds in unexpected fees.One worker from Botswana being helped by the healthcare union Unison said she worke
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