Right to work: How Brexit has impacted the workforce
Right to work: Three years on from Brexit, how has the UK leaving the EU impacted right to work routes for employers?
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Right to work: Three years on from Brexit, how has the UK leaving the EU impacted right to work routes for employers?
Only around 3% of employers currently hold a sponsor licence to employ EU or non-EU workers, according to a law firm analysis.
The government seems to be at odds over its plans for immigration, but observers agree policy will change as labour shortages bite.
A superb 180-run partnership for the second wicket put Settle in command from the start in their Senior League derby match at Barnoldswick. John Davidson hit sixteen fours and a six, narrowly missing his first century for the club with a score of 94 at a run a ball, a cracking pace for an opener. He was finally bowed by Jonathan Beech, not before passing 640 runs for the season. Pro Ashen Silva (68) partnered Davidson, striking seven boundaries and a six to claim his third half-ton of the year, himself passing the 600 mark. Overseas Amateur Dante Niles then compounded the hosts’ miser...
Three months in and we’re yet to see the full effect of life outside the bloc. But for industries reliant on overseas staff like the care and agriculture sectors, it’s a different story It’s a job that pays around £40,000 a year but few people want to do it, and it can’t be done by a machine. So when ‘chick sexers’ – who determine whether young chickens are male or female so they can be sorted for meat or eggs – were added to the skilled worker list set by the Migration Advisory Committee, poultry farmers breathed a sigh of relief. Butchers, bricklayers and deckhands have als...