Working in the UK
Reducing demand for migrant labour
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday 10 June, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced that the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) would be considering new measures to reduce demand for migrant labour.
The MAC will advise the government by the end of the year on:
- Restricting work visas to genuine skills shortages and highly specialist experts.
- Putting a time limit on how long a sector can claim to have a skills shortage.
- A new skills levy on Tier 2 visas to boost funding to UK apprenticeships.
- Raising salary thresholds to stop businesses using foreign workers to undercut wages.
Further information can be viewed here.
Working in the UK
Reducing demand for migrant labour
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday 10 June, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, announced that the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) would be considering new measures to reduce demand for migrant labour.
The MAC will advise the government by the end of the year on:
- Restricting work visas to genuine skills shortages and highly specialist experts.
- Putting a time limit on how long a sector can claim to have a skills shortage.
- A new skills levy on Tier 2 visas to boost funding to UK apprenticeships.
- Raising salary thresholds to stop businesses using foreign workers to undercut wages.
Further information can be viewed here.