Q&A: Foreign workers in the UK
- Published
Flexibility and seasonality have changed practices in the modern world of work
UK shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant has ignited a debate on foreign workers, saying that the economy should be refocused so that the large companies do not have to "bring in workers".
However, in the single market of the European Union, are companies not free to employ labour from whichever EU state they want?
Are all EU citizens allowed to live and work in the UK?
Are there exceptions?
What about workers coming from outside the EU?
What about agency workers?
What about in the period up to 12 weeks?
- Published12 August 2013
- Published30 September 2011
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