New TUC research published today (Monday) reveals that female migrant workers may be more likely than any other group to be paid less than the national minimum wage (NMW). Reports of the abuse of migrant workers have become increasingly common and the research - commissioned by the TUC’s Commission on Vulnerable Employment and carried out by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford - aimed to investigate the available information to uncover the reality of working life for migrant workers. COMPAS reviewed the pay, working hours, type of work and accommodation of recent migrant workers who have been living and working in the UK for less than 10 years, in the West Midlands and in the East of England/East Midlands (both areas where there has been high levels of recent migration). National information about migrant workers, such as the Government’s Labour Force Survey (LFS), was also included in the report.

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7 August 2008
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