Businesses hampered by overseas labour cap
Feb 24 2011
Overseas labour caps mean many managers' hands are tied
A temporary cap on non-EU employees has prevented one in six UK businesses from recruiting valuable overseas workers.
According to a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) 63 per cent of UK managers find that non-EU workers have allowed them to increase productivity.
Some 43 per cent report that they are struggling to fill vacancies from within the UK and EU, with 23 per cent saying they are recruiting non-EU migrant workers for engineering vacancies, 15 per cent for IT positions and 7 per cent for both nursing and accountancy positions.
CIPD public policy adviser Gerwyn Davies says, ‘While it is right to highlight our concern about rising unemployment, we should not overlook the benefits and invaluable expertise and experience that a relatively small number of non-EU workers bring to the UK economy.
‘Keeping out skilled non-EU workers won’t help unemployed people in the UK in the near term, but could have real and negative consequences for business and the public sector.’
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