If a person lies on their CV to get a job, should losing their salary be part of their punishment for their 'CV Fraud'? In a new post on @labourblog.bsky.social I show that the confiscation of wages is problematic and reflects a misunderstanding of work: uklabourlawblog.com/2026/08/07/c...

“Cheating honest workers out of employment”: The confiscation of wages as proceeds of crime – by Maayan Niezna

Image by AlexanderStein from Pixabay In response to some work-related criminal offences, sanctions under UK law include not only fines and imprisonment, but also the confiscation of wages as procee…

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Under UK law, wages may be confiscated as proceeds of crime, notably for undocumented migrants' ‘illegal working’. This new article explores the context for criminalising work & confiscating wages, and explain the legal, moral and practical arguments against it. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Work as a crime, a resource and a relationship: the confiscation of wages as proceeds of crime - Crime, Law and Social Change

UK law allows the confiscation of wages as proceeds of crime, notably for ‘illegal working’ by undocumented migrants. This article explores the context for criminalising work and confiscating wages, a...

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Joanna Ewart-James from @freedomunitedhq.bsky.social kindly invited me to a conversation about labour exploitation in Israel/Palestine following the war, based on my recent research (link below). The recording is available here: www.freedomunited.org/war-work-isr...

War, work, and who gets left behind: Israel and Palestine

Research explains how non-citizen labor pays the price amongst tensions in the context of the war in Israel and Palestine

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No matter how emboldened fascists become after every round of "we must understand them", it is indeed likely to happen again This is not just bad strategically and politically, it also makes clear who the mainstream media and politicians think who is part of "the people" (and who isn't)

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The racist pogroms in the UK are going to produce even more calls for compromise and understanding with the racists’ “reasonable concerns” but that is exactly what got us here.

The Guardian Opinion section now: Guy 1: The far right Guy 2: The far right Guy 3: The far right Guy 4: I hate soap dispensers.

@nick-pettigrew.bsky.social Could any of your Scouse followers please help me? Lost my wedding ring yesterday somewhere along the Kings Parade going towards the Albert Dock. Would be greatly appreciated.

"We're going to prove that migration causes violence by providing the violence"

Immigration make Britain brilliant

Welcome the UCL #workinglives recommendation of the early implementation of a firewall, or secure reporting by the Fair Work Agency @focusonlabour.bsky.social @drellac.bsky.social

Euston, we have a problem. [The screen accurately shows the trains leaving Euston station in the foreseeable future]

New report explores the replacement of Palestinian workers, an issue explained in my recent article with Yahel Kurlander. We analyse the tension between the 3 logics of non-citizen labour in Israel/Palestine: capitalist, ethno-nationalist, and colonial logic. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

+972 Magazine@972mag.com · 3mo ago

Palestinians out, foreign workers in: How Israel is remaking its labor force Frozen out since October 7, low-wage Palestinians have been replaced by an influx of migrant workers in highly precarious conditions. www.972mag.com/israel-pales...

First panel of #PECconference 'A survivor-centred approach to preventing and addressing modern slavery in the UK' @modernslaverypec.bsky.social @drellac.bsky.social @wilberforcehull.bsky.social

Absolutely disastrous news for Nigel Farage and the GB News business model

JJames Bowes@jamesbowes01.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The number of people crossing by small boat this year compared to last year. The fall is very real and not seasonal. Little difference in numbers during the winter but since numbers increased in spring, half as many people are coming as this time last year. This is mainly because of European trends.

What an amazing #SLSA2026. This year was particularly exciting as @sandraduffy.bsky.social and I ran our "Law in the Culture Wars" topic which saw some fascinating (despairing) and vital discussions and was called "the coolest" stream at the conference by two different attendees.

Final Day of #SLSA2026 Labour Law and Society - Global Value chains! Shelley Marshall started with a brilliant, thought-provoking presentation on 'Regulating Labour in the Age of Transition: From Supply Chain Capitalism to Platform and Digital Capitalism'

2nd Day of #SLSA2026 Labour Law and Society - Migrant workers! Starting, Jack Beadsworth @bonavero.bsky.social 'Forced Labour Indicators in Immigration Control: Legal Structures of State-Sanctioned Wage Deprivation Against Migrants'

Started #SLSA2026 Labour Law and Society Stream! Panel 1, 'Labour rights, gender and the education sector'. Currently hearing Francesca Lee @astonuniversity.bsky.social on 'Crowning Equality: The Legal Prohibition of Natural Hair Discrimination in Employment and Schools', CRT & hair discrimination

We are pleased to share that our CEO Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol has been appointed to the board of the Fair Work Agency. As a dedicated advocate for migrant and low-paid workers, Olivia will join the FWA's mission for a more equitable labour market for everyone. www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

ישראל פתחה במלחמה חסרת הצדקה כשהיא משתמשת בנימוקים שמראים שגם המלחמה הקודמת היתה חסרת הצדקה וכושלת. בנימין נתניהו מקריב את החיים והעתיד של כולנו. סרבו.

Tomorrow I'll be speaking at the Public Policy Exchange webinar on 'Tackling Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery in the UK. My talk will focus on identifying labour exploitation, drawing from empirical data from my project 'Work as a site of agency and a site of exploitation'.

So it turns out Reform are laundering their donations through crypto, before converting them into cash, hiding the original source of the money. So who is really funding Nigel Farage and Reform UK? observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Reform accused of using third party to turn crypto into c...

Digital currency donations have been turned into sterling to make them much less easy to track, sources say

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*חלאס!*🚫 בשישי הקרוב יוצאים לרחוב לדרוש סוף למלחמות הנצח של נתניהו והימין. איראן 2, לבנון 4, עזה 7 - זו מציאות אינסופית של סבבי מלחמה בלתי נגמרים. ⏰ *שישי 20.3* 🕛 *12:00* 📍 *כיכר הבימה, תל אביב* 🔗 *לקבוצת העדכונים*: https://omdi.me/4uzi4Ua אנחנו כבר בשבוע […] [Original post on leftodon.social]

📢This government wants to make safety and belonging limited to only a few. People who are constantly told to “integrate” will be kept in protracted limbo. Our members will be joining the action to speak out next week- you can too! ➡️ www.praxis.org.uk/mass-lobby-a...

Blowing things up, kidnapping and killing foreign leaders, is good because it's Doing. Considering the consequences of Doing would be Thinking, which is weak and woke

In 2024 the government's Migration Advisory Committee recommended a series of reforms of the seasonal worker visa to protect workers from exploitation. 18 months later,the government has rejected or ignored the bulk of the worker rights recommendations www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

Government criticised for inaction on farmworkers abuse

Criticism comes after the rejection of various ideas, put forward by its own advisers, on how to protect migrant workers from exploitation

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‼️Call for Applications‼️ 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships Political Theory / Political Philosophy Goethe University Frankfurt “Justitia Center for Advanced Studies” 2 Postdoctoral Fellowships Philosophy / Social Sciences Global Health Justice Postdoctoral Programme

New Publication! "Precarious labour in precarious times: the impact of the war in Israel/Palestine on non-citizen workers". The scale of atrocities in Gaza meant other issues were overshadowed, understandably so. One such issue is the impact on workers. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Precarious labour in precarious times: the impact of the war in Israel/Palestine on non-citizen workers - Comparative Migration Studies

Comparative Migration Studies - Through a study of the impact of the war in Israel/Palestine on non-citizen workers, this article contributes to a new area of research: the impact of a political...

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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

Spent my Valentine's Day on the one-before-last day of collecting empirical data. Because it's important to keep investing in important relationships after the New Relationship Energy is over.

Calling all researchers in forced migration, apply now for the RSC Michaelmas Term (Oct – Dec) 2026 Visiting Fellowship programme & the new Sally Hogg Prize to support applicants from low-income countries or with lived experience of forced displacement. More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...

Visiting Fellowship applications and the Sally Hogg Prize

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