Useful contacts for workers

• The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
  Local branches (or bureaux) can provide advice and guidance for initiatives to support migrant workers in rural areas.
• HSE's Workers` web pages
  Provides advice about your rights and responsibilities as a worker in GB.
• Border and Immigration Agency's requirements for settlement
  This website will help you understand the immigration system and what your rights and responsibilities are when you make an application.
• Directgov
  Access to and information from a wide range of government departments.
• Trades Union Congress (TUC)
  Represents people working in Britain. The TUC has published a safety leaflet, 'Your health, your safety: A guide for workers'. It provides information about health and safety rights at work which is translated into 19 different languages. The TUC has also produced a leaflet for people coming to work in the UK from the eight new member countries of the European Union. The leaflet, 'Working in the UK: Your rights', gives information about your legal rights while you work here (Tel: 0870 600 4882).
  From early 2010, a version of this leaflet for refugees working in the UK will also be available.
• Trades Union Congress - Polish language website to support the increasing number of Polish workers in the UK
  Run by the TUC in partnership with Citizens Advice and Solidarnosc, it explains the rights workers can expect at work, including health and safety, working time, holiday entitlement and sick pay. There's also information about social issues such as housing and health and guidance about what living and working in the UK is really like.
• UK Income Tax Advice
  Multi-lingual information sheet on UK taxes.
• Worker Registration Scheme
  From 1 May 2004, most nationals of the new member states (except Cyprus and Malta) who wish to work for more than one month for an employer in the UK need to register under the Worker Registration Scheme.
• Construction Skills
  Supporting the effective integration of migrant workers. Provides details on how Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) cards might be useful.
• Working in South Lincolnshire
  Advice and guidance for migrant workers in the East of England.
• Migrant Workers North West provides a region-wide reference point for support services available to migrant workers and their communities
• Welcome to Birmingham - advice for migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers on a range of issues