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Let's not forget that the new immigration laws didn't come in to force until 2023.
Those relate to visas. The Tory wanted regular reviews of quotas of the various types but not sure if it went into law.. Numbers have come out concerning education. A 16% drop. This said to be down to needing to show funds for family support.

Universities. Average foreign students levels - 25% but some a lot higher. A foreign student pays £20k so the income from that is a significant proportion of their total. In some cases 40% or higher. Ours pay something like 5 to 6k. ;) Can't remember the figure mentioned in the report. There has been talk of some shutting departments and loosing staff.

What to do? Labour's problem now but as no strong arguments about the approach when this was debated they don't disagree in a general sense.

Health worker visas. New threshold £23,200 salary but can be 70 to 90% of this. No info on why. These need to be met when a visa is renewed. Maybe most significant in the carer area. No mention of how families fit in. One carer who has been here for some time pointed out that she does not earn enough to support a family - would need the usual support etc. No answer from Sunak. Doctors - maybe retrained to some degree and may finish up working in private health - hire a doc style. Reports indicate how overworked these can be.

Effects of this one - pass.
 
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Other factors
There are considerable differences in the type of jobs that workers do by region of birth. Over half of workers born in North America, Oceania, and India were in high-skilled jobs in 2022, the most common of which among the overall migrant population were IT specialists, teachers, managers, and nurses. By contrast, fewer than 1 in 5 workers born in new EU accession countries (EU-8 and EU-2) were working in high-skill jobs. Migrants from these countries are most likely to work in low-skill occupations, including cleaners, waiters, and packers

Some of this link is a bit of an eye opener.
 
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The bit you made up obviously
You have previously stated that you are so shoite at recruiting, you need a two-years-no-responsibility labour market, to cover your back.
rather different from
So you did.. but you missed the part in my thread where I said page 5 on

Currently an employer can terminate a contract for any non-statutory reason within the first two years of employment, the employer is safe, because the employee does not acquire protection from unfair dismissal within the first 2 years of employment. An example of unfair dismissal that is currently lawful is:

"We have decided to terminate your contract as we don't feel you are a good fit for the company. We will pay your contractual notice."

Now the embarrassing part for @JohnD, @denso13 @Brigadier is that its clearly spelled out..

Our New Deal will include basic individual rights from day one for all workers, ending the current arbitrary system that leaves workers waiting up to two years to access basic rights of protection against unfair dismissal, parental leave and sick pay.
This will not prevent fair dismissal, which includes dismissal for reasons of capability, conduct or redundancy, or probationary periods with fair and transparent rules and processes. We will ensure employers can operate probationary periods to assess new hires. However, the changes will help to ensure that newly hired workers are not fired without reason or cause and will help drive up standards in workplaces.

Now you might think this is a good thing..

But many global and international roles are UK or US based, because of the flexibility the employer has, to take a chance on the employee safe in the knowledge they have 2 years to see how it goes.

If the above pledge is carried out, we will have the toughest employment rights in Europe from an employer perspective.
 
I genuinely believe that Labour have made a good show of things so far.

Let's see how things are in July 2025.
 
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Multiple posts support my assertion, I just picked one at random. (y)

So if you're so good at recruiting, why do you want the comfort blanket?
It's not about having a comfort blanket. I also said I'd be happy with it reducing to 1 year. It's about being able to take a chance on someone who doesn't have all the necessary skills, qualifications etc. It's called recruiting on potential.

There are lots of roles where you have to give someone 6-9 or even 18 months to prove they can have the right impact.

Of course for every one of these there are 1000 where an employer should be able to make a reasonably well informed decision in 90 days or less.

The fact is, these high paid, high risk, high skill jobs exist in the UK today, because of employer flexibility.
 
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