Every day, there are a significant number of workers being exploited for their labour in the UK. Labour exploitation is currently the highest reported form of adult modern slavery in the UK, and the numbers continue to grow. With the UK’s growing reliance on short term and restrictive visas, migrant workers are increasingly at risk.

Preventing labour exploitation for migrant workers must therefore be at the top of the workers’ rights agenda. 

With a Fair Work Agency on the horizon, there is real potential for improvements to be made. But for these to become a reality, the systematic barriers to reporting exploitation and finding solutions must be understood and resolved.