By Julia Harris, 28th January 2014. What a day – will it make a difference and do we think they will listen to us? Today I had a break from my usual routine and travelled to London, where I was asked to give evidence, as an expert on domestic workers, about the current plight of […]
By Julia Harris, 16th January 2014 Today, I had a break from my ordinary routine and attended a Meeting at The Home Office, talking to 2 Members of The Migration Advisory Committee Secretariat about the changes I have experienced in the domestic recruitment market following the changes to the domestic worker visa in April 2012 […]
Please click below to open the Typhoon Haiyan Flyer :- Typhoon Haiyan Flyer Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda, hit the Philippines on Friday 8 November, causing catastrophic damage. The 300-mile wide typhoon is estimated to have killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, destroying about 70 to 80 percent of the area in […]
As a wife and mother of two teenage children, I have had to constantly juggle family, work and social life. I often wish there were another 12 hours in the day. I often feel guilty when I forget to do something or call someone because I haven’t had the time. I think that every mother […]
Legal Advice for Domestic Workers Our following Advice is NOT applicable to those who will apply for Entry Clearance to enter the UK as an Overseas Domestic Worker on or after 6 April 2012. The reason is that from the 6 April 2012, those who enter the U.K. on a Domestic worker Entry Clearance will […]
29th February 2012 There are two ways to come to the UK as an Overseas Domestic Worker (ODW): • To work in the private household of an employer. This provision was introduced into the Immigration Rules in 2002 to enable people coming to the UK to bring with them their foreign domestic staff-for example nannies, […]
Released on 29 February 2012 The REC’s specialist group on childcare has responded with disappointment to today’s Home Office decision to scrap the Domestic Worker Visa, against the recommendations of a coalition of businesses and human rights groups. The Domestic Worker Visa provided a critical lifeline for many domestic workers, offering protection for those trapped […]
Julia Harris, Managing Director of the Manchester based company, The Childcare Recruitment Company, one of the largest suppliers of home based domestic staff in the UK, spoke on Monday 17th October 2011, at the House of Commons, for the launch of a pamphlet entitled ‘Service not Servitude: Protecting the Human Rights of Domestic Workers’ written […]
By Martin Delgado Mail on Sunday 16th October 2011. David and Samantha Cameron’s nanny is a Nepalese woman who was recruited from a charity, which offers help and advice to immigrants seeking to escape abusive employers. Gita Lima has been working for the Prime Minister and his wife for several years and helped to care […]
By Rebecca Evans and Sanjay Jha 21st October 2011 The Prime Minister’s Nepalese nanny was a virtual slave for the family of a foreign diplomat in London before being rescued by the Camerons, the Mail can reveal. Samantha Cameron recruited Gita Lama from a charity that helps abused domestic workers after she had fled the […]
