BBC | 12 November 2018 Firms seeking staff are being hit by labour shortages, with a “reversal” in the number of migrants in UK workplaces, says HR body the CIPD. As Brexit approaches, the CIPD says the shortage of both EU and non-EU migrants reflects a falling interest in the UK as a destination for […]
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Independent | 12 November 2018 Sadiq Khan has warned that London’s economy and public services will suffer “scary” staff shortages if a £30,000 minimum salary threshold is imposed on foreign workers post-Brexit. The London mayor, who has thrown his support behind a fresh referendum on any Brexit deal, said there could be an exodus of
The Guardian 18 September 2018 Business leaders reject need for income threshold, saying workers are needed at all levels. Business leaders have lined up to criticise the government’s migration advisory committee (MAC) after it proposed an “ignorant and elitist” ban on foreign workers earning less than £30,000 a year from obtaining visas to work in
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The Courier | 5 September 2018 Desperate farmers will be able to bring in workers from outside the EU under a trial migrant scheme expected to be announced this week. The Courier understands the trial will allow fruit and vegetable farmers to employ migrant workers for a maximum of six months before they must return
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Sputnik News | 14 August 2018 The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development issued a report, indicating that the UK enterprises are struggling to recruit high-skilled migrants due to the fallen numbers of migration from EU countries. CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE
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By Reuters | 8 August 2018 LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people recruited for permanent jobs in Britain grew at its slowest pace in nine months in July, reflecting record low unemployment and a shortage of migrant workers from the European Union, a recruiters’ body said on Wednesday. A monthly survey by the Recruitment
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ByL Zoie O’Brien | Mailonline 6 August 2018 Ten thousand people applied for a job picking fruit at UK farms this summer – and two of them were British. Seasonal workers are flocking to farms to make money while the sun shines, yet the physical demand, long hours and often low pay is not enough
By Tom Peterkin | Scotsman.com Thirty SNP politicians representing rural areas are demanding action from the UK Government to tackle Brexit-fuelled labour shortages that have left Scotland’s soft fruit farms in crisis. The politicians have written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Environment Secretary Michael Gove with a series of questions and criticising the UK
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By Alan Travis The Guardian | 11 January 2017 Downing Street has moved to distance itself from a proposal by the immigration minister for a £1,000-a-year levy on every EU skilled worker recruited by British employers after Brexit. Robert Goodwill told peers that the “immigration skills levy” could be introduced for EU migrants and would
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From Farminguk | 13 February 2017 Labour and skills shortages are starting to bite in UK sectors which employ a high number of migrants, according new research. A survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found that despite a near record number of vacancies, 748,000 according to the latest Office for National Statistics
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