Experts attempt to reduce worries relating to hiring skilled labor from abroad

After the Home Office release a new short list of skilled labor that would be eligible to work in the UK there was fear that employers would not be able to obtain the workers that they needed.  Industry experts are now saying that this is not the case.

The strategic advisor for the Institute for Management of Information Systems, Philip Virgo, said that "There are a lot of British people who are unable to get jobs in the industry because companies have being unwilling to cross-train them to do tasks they are perfectly capable of doing.  Instead, they have sought to hire new, cheap recruits from overseas, many of whom have turned out not to have the skills claimed, let alone the practical experience."

James Dunlop who is an immigration lawyer noted that "There will be a lot more checking up on companies initially, there will be periodic audits checking that staff are doing the job they were brought in for, and if they leave the company, the employer will have to notify the immigration authorities speedily. Most large companies are already doing this smaller companies may have to beef up their reporting to meet the deadlines."

Peter Skyte with United noted that "If a company is unable to fulfill a vacancy and can genuinely demonstrate that they have advertised and cannot attract an EU national, they can still bring people in from overseas provided they meet the overall criteria for the relevant number of points."

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