Executive Summary

This executive summary provides an overview of key findings from a series of
reports that investigated and assessed the risks stemming from the Government’s
design of the SWS, and highlighted cases of good practice. The first report,

Bearing fruit: Making recruitment fairer for migrant workers, focuses on recruitment-
related risks. The second, Bound to work: Improving access to redress on the UK’s

Seasonal Worker Scheme, covers difficulties in leaving exploitative conditions and
how workers access vital support for work-related issues. The third, Not here for
the weather: Ensuring safe and fair conditions on the UK’s Seasonal Worker Scheme,
documents the broader working and living conditions of people on the route.