Plights of Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK

In UK the problem faced by Overseas Domestic Workers is complicated by the hostile immigration policy and exclusion clauses in the employment law. Despite the ODWs having been exposed to a series of abuses exploitations and occupational health and safety hazards like other workers they are unduly excluded from the protection and benefits available to those workers. This book used a combined doctrinal and empirical approach to examine failed immigration policies ambiguities in the employment law exclusion clauses in the health and safety law etc. Also it argues that although ODWs’ personal attributes may constitute a vulnerability risk ODWs’ experiences are marred by the current visa system that increases their reliance on employers and has significantly tilted the employeremployee power in the employer’s favour leading to continued abuse exploitation injustice human trafficking and modern-day slavery. This book advocates a review of the policy on ODWs a re-examination of the strict link between immigration and employment and a review of the law on employment discrimination. Finally the book found a link between culture ethnicity and exploitation.