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Bi 5: S s

1. Th UK wi d skid mit c woks o th osb utu2. Skid mit c woks  hdwoki miis3. Sttmt is o o th mi sos skid c woks com to Biti4. It’s ui to ch immitio us o pop d sttd who’ pd thi is

5. salay lvl hould not dtmn ho ttl

BrIefIng 5: Salary levelS

Mgant ok ba th ot of ou a ytm

Most Sio C Woks pid siict sums to com to wok ith UK. acis ch  cuitmt  d th th  iss d s to p. Som o ou itiws hd pid £4,000 – £5,000.It cost quit  ot bcus w h to obti d pocss ot o documts. Th st thi tht cm to m mid ws, Ih to d  job d   ot o mo, so tht I c p o m dbt d itst. Wh ou t h ou pioit is to twok to p th mo ou ow. (6 d 7)But ws  ow. Som id to wok o £6  hou, o £9,000  (2). Som  pid p isit.I h  id who ts  owc o £1.80  isitto  ptit. So i sh/h hs 14 ptits  d, sh/h ts£25.40  d. fo us, w do’t t  owc, I t 84mis  d, w h to p o ou ow pto, so wht wimi i ou s? It’s m o th hous t, bis dsom ood. (4)ad Sio C Woks h oth costs. Wh th w chsd th h pobms with thi iss, it ot costs thousds o pouds to t  hp.Th soicitos skd m  ot o mo d th Hom Ocws chd thi poicis. …. I ou ccut th moutw pid to soicitos d th Hom Oc d wht wcotibut i this cout, I do’t thik wht th  ii usis  i d to wht w  ii to this cout d poph. (3)It ws  hd s I hd to t b hi o wok d I hdto p out bout £4000 t st o  th  s I hd top. (11)I h to boow mo i is’t it? I h to ook o  job, so I wokd o thos tims, I hd to bcus whwi t mo to p soicitos i to hp pocss mppictio, t m? £1300 o soicitos, £900 to p mw ccommodtio, so   hi tc... So I hd icudoth xps, which is d o top o m o whI cm h. I’m ot ish [sic] pi tht t. now hcoms i m ut (o) i 2008 d ow i m uti 2011 bcus I d to pp o m Ilr. Hhh! Boodh. Its ik thi is ut... (2)

ca ot

Th cops o South Coss hs iusttd th pobmsbstti th c idust, much o it udd b oc omtd th hth sics.Th tim ow is o odu o  w stdd o c,sucit udd om txtio tht uts  ou dd ub. Wh wi th qustio b swd: who hs thutimt sposibiit o th 31,000 sidts d thi miisd th 43,000 st? Wh must th cotiu to b pws i sombi cit Moopo m?

How,  o-pot oistios d it  dicut topoid c om th ts pid b sttuto sics.This is  pobm cti m o th ich tios: th OeCDstimts tht spdi o o tm c coud tip btwow d 2050, whi th popotio o cs i th tot wokoccoud doub

. It is ik tht th d o mit woks wi ow, i mo istmt bs th pmt o btt ws dimpod coditios. Mki it mo dicut o thm to t ho stt m di dow th quit o c but it wi ot ducth d.

Tyng va to pay at

I 2007, th gomt chd th us o Sio CWoks d usd to w th iss o thos who w pidss th th ‘t o th job’ st t £7.02 p hou. M ost thi jobs bcus mpos coud ot o woud ot is thi p.M mpo cot mt th £7.02 p hou t so I wsdismissd. Th did’t t us immdit tht th w’toi to sposo us, m dict i m w [sic] oot w o th w ws but so ws’t b to i usiomtio whth th wi sti sposo ou pmits. I hd osuppot om m mpo t . I dd up ski hp omou oc pish d UnISOn s w s th oc … MP. (5)M mpo w [sic] ot hpp tht th Hom Occhd th w but th cot p us £7.02 so th h ochoic. Som w pid £7.02 but th cot p us . (9)Th cot p th £7.02. I h o pobm with thmth tod us host tht th cot p us w w pid5.90 o. Th  o  sm comp,  thouh thwtd to kp us but cot p th s quid. (10)I 2011, th us w chd i. Sio C Woks whow mpod, quit , ud th od us, w tod thtth coud ot t sttd sttus (idit ) uss th wd pid t th t st o th job. But th us so s tht,s mit woks, th  ot owd to mo out o th owpid c idust ito oth scto uti th t thi idit. Ctch 22.Th, i Ju 2011, th omt oucd tht it wsiwi th w o obtii sttd sttus. Th popos:a sm umb o xcptio mits wi b b to stpmt but o th mjoit, comi h to wok wi ot dutomtic to sttmt i th UK.

Th sttd sos o this icud discoui mpos omusi mit bou d th id tht sttmt shoud b pii stictd to thos who ‘mk th bist cotibutio toth UK’

. amo th poposs cosutd o 

owi thos i o £150,000 p.. to stt but otthos i ss

quii mpos to sposo sttmt ppictios

choosi som ‘occuptios tht, s  sut o thi coomico soci u to th UK, shoud b sctd s hi  outto sttmt pio to t.’

Ths poposd chs wi ct o who sttd wok ith UK t api 2011

, d so wi pp to pop who cm towok, mod hom d mi, bii tht th woud t sttdsttus t  s.Pimt chs th ws  th tim d bod iscuht uw o th chs tht m ct thm. athouhw [mit woks who  d h]  ot cii bt om th omt t , w  sti subjctdto such chs. I just hop tht th wi just impmt thw chs to th pop comi ito th cout d ot thpsos who  d h. (8)

sttld tatu  vtal fo ok: thy no long dpnd on th mploy

Pop with sttd sttus (idit  to mi, Ilr)  oo tid to th sm mpo o idust. empos os thi pow o thm.I sti h to t sttd h so I c wok. Th wi b moissus I kow, but bi i Ilr positio wi s us om mopobms ….. Hi idit  to mi wi s usom bi i  dicut positio … I I h  Ilr, I thik I cb ttd btt,   bit btt d wi uctio btt, dcottd  itt bit. (2)Oc m idit st wi b td, I wi ook o  job m pc so I do ot h to b with o t. (4)I cot s o do thi bcus I m sti o wokiis d I cot isk doi somthi tht miht jopdizm cut sttus. (5)Sttd sttus ows miis to poid o thmss.M o wo is how I woud b b to i m duht ss o scuit. Hi m Ilr sttus wi b  bi i to m s I m ot o hti o ms but so [o] mduht who is so i th UK. as  pt woud do, Iwt th bst o m duht d I wt h to h  moscud i. It is dicut ouh to wo o ms, mo sowoi o two pop! It is sti usod. (8)Tht th shoud b cosidt to mit woks spciw txps [sic]. I hop to t Ilr so tht it wi mk ou ibtt. I m tid o bi i . (9)

Valu th ok  do and th popl  a

Sio C Woks h bo th but o s chs ipoic b gomts who h ot dt with th dp-ootdpobms o ow p d poo coditios i th c idust.Cossi th wod to do dmdi d dicut wok, sttmtpd  cuci pt i thi dcisio-mki.Th chs o poicis  ot o th pobm tht cusdm this, th mpos who p us  ow, th cis whosid it is btt h d th immitio tht tt us uid th soicitos d immitio so tht chs us  hih s. I ou thik [o]  o ths, h I committd mistk h? Mb th mistk I did is ot kowi whtis iht om th  bii d ot ssti m ihtswh this ot wo om th stt. But  thouh I thiko ssti m ihts, do ou thik I wi wi? (2)I hop tht th cut poiticis to [sic] i  oppotuitto dsi mits ik us to h pmt sidc.Thos who ds to ci Ilr, wh ot i thm? Whtoth umts  th. (10)Thku I m ow  Bitish citiz but th   ot o this tht I hd to o thouh d it ws  touh. Thmk it touh o mits i this cout i spit o ot iius pop ppcitio o wht w cotibut to th socit.(11)

what an  do?

Tll th Govnmnt that  valu mgant aok and nd thm

Tll MP to tll th Govnmnt that tyng va to payat to gulat th a nduty do not ok andpnal th poot and lat poful.

Tll th Govnmnt that ag hould not dtmnttlmnt.

Justi Bowd, gMB ntio Oc o Cotctos spki t th gMBCoss 2011

Hp Wtd? Poidi d Pi o lo-Tm C OeCD 2011

UKBa,

Employment-related settlement, Tier 5 and Overseas Domestic Workers: Aconsultation, June 2011

Immitio: Pmt sttmt oms (woks) Stdd not Sn/Ha/06037Hous o Commos lib Ju 2011

UKBa, empomt-td sttmt, Ti 5 d Oss Domstic Woks: acosuttio, Ju 2011

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