Intra-company transfers from non-EU IT workers must be stopped
Close Loophole
“loophole” that allows companies to non-EU workers to the UK to work without the advertised jobs in the United Kingdom, is the primary closure of the United Kingdom unemployment rockets, the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCO), said the Ministry of Interior the letter.
The letter by Phil Woolas MP, Home Office Minister responsible for immigration, APSCO, said that rising unemployment, the government should companies advertise job vacancies in Britain before they are allowed to transfer foreign staff offices. According to information obtained by APSCO the Ministry of Interior of the Freedom of Information Act, almost three times as many non-EU IT workers came to work in the UK last year than during the dot com boom when it was a chronic skills shortage (35 430 in 2008 compared to 12 726 in 2000) . LocksThe figures also showed that 80% of non-EU IT workers (28 344) became a British work permit for a certain type (intra-company transfer) which does not require the sponsoring company to advertise jobs in the United Kingdom’s first.
Ann Swain, CEO of APSCO, commented. “Ministry of the Interior to close this loophole as urgent
British labor market situation in the vast majority of these have the ability to fill vacancies, so companies need to recruit here first before resorting to bring staff from abroad.”
“Cost to the UK unemployment are significant, so that everything can be done to reduce unemployment should be addressed. “
Failed” the government is supposedly tougher new immigration system has failed elsewhere in the world EU workers significantly delay the United Kingdom.
This is because each company has an office abroad can not hire foreign workers, and almost around the vessel of the United Kingdom most of the control of immigration. “He added:” Workers of the United Kingdom is considered intra-company transfers are paid the market rate of work, but it is very difficult to control the Interior Ministry, in particular the number of employees in
“Companies are even allowed to provide those workers with offshore foreign currency to pay for, so that the company transfers are potentially very easy to take advantage of cheap foreign labor in the United Kingdom.”