Employers can still file criminal 'absconding' charges against workers who leave their job without permission, and will remain responsible for their workers’ residence permits, thus retaining considerable power over those employees.
The problem is particularly acute among agency workers and those on the minimum wage, where around one in 10 workers are not getting the pensions to which they are entitled.
As many as one in eight of the early years workforce is paid under £5.00 an hour, whilst the average wage is £7.42 an hour, less than the minimum wage.
Nearly three-quarters of voters polled say the government must protect and enhance current workplace rights like paid holidays and rights for temporary and agency workers.
Young women are pushed into low paid work, forced to depend on a dysfunctional welfare system then branded as feckless and left to fend for themselves, says the Young Women's Trust.