The message from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative government was blunt: “Employers will need to adjust.”
That’s the alarming picture painted by some British employers about the impact of new U.K.factories and care homes said Wednesday that they will face severe labor shortages under the government's plans to open Britain to skilled and educated immigrants while shutting out those its deems “low-skilled” workers.
More than 3 million EU citizens currently live in the U.K. They are all entitled to stay. But once a post-Brexit transition period runs out on Dec. 31, that free movement will end and the new U.K. immigration rules will apply to EU and non-EU citizens alike. The new rules don’t cover refugees or asylum-seekers, and there will be separate routes for students andhighly talentedscientists, artists and athletes. But there will be no system of visas for “low-skilled workers" or most self-employed people.The British immigration proposals mean a radical — and unwelcome — change for sectors of the U.K. economy that rely heavily on EU workers.
More than 100,000 EU citizenswork in caring for Britain's elderly, disabled or chronically ill — just under 1 in 10 of the total workforce in a sector that already has many unfilled positions. “The food and drink industry is reliant on workers at all skill levels,” he said. “We have concerns about access to those potential employees who won't qualify through these 'skilled' routes, such as bakery assistants, meat processors, and workers essential to the production of huge array of basic foodstuffs such as cheese, pasta and sausages.”"It is about time businesses started to invest in people in this country," Home Secretary Priti Patel said Wednesday.
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