Indian care worker awarded £30,000 after UK employer provided no work for a year
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Summary
An Indian care worker, Shabin Shaji, who moved to the UK under the post-Brexit visa scheme, was awarded nearly £30,000 by an employment tribunal after his employer, Swan Care Solutions Ltd, failed to provide him with any work for an entire year. Shaji emigrated from Kerala to Stafford, bought a car, and completed online training in 2023, but was never given a single day of work. The tribunal ruled he was entitled to wages for work he was "ready, able and willing to do," marking a landmark case for migrant workers under the UK's Health and Care Worker visa scheme.
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An employment tribunal ordered the care company Swan Care Solutions Ltd to pay Shabin Shaji wages for the work he was 'ready, able and willing to do'.
An Indian citizen who came to the UK to work as a care worker through the post-Brexit visa scheme has been awarded nearly £30,000 in a landmark case, because his employer failed to give him a single day of work for a year.
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