U.K. has announced some new additions to the shortage occupation list. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has announced that since UK is in need of more immigrant labour in some specific category, there are still some occupations that lag behind. MAC recommended that teachers in special schools and skilled meat boners and trimmers should also be included in the skilled shortage occupation list. Mac has advised British government to sensibly fill the skill shortages by allowing people to immigrate under prescribed categories. Based on the recommendations, the above said occupations will be added to the shortage occupation list which implies that employers will be able to directly recruit skilled labour to these job categories without needing to carry out a resident labour market test. However, with the slump in the economy MAC has also recommended that some occupations in engineering category and construction jobs and ship and hover officer jobs should be removed from the list.
Skilled Chefs however still remain on the recommended list. MAC has also suggested measures to accelerate the efforts to train the local residents in the chef category to fill the need from within as next year the list is going to be reviewed again. Some other occupations that the MAC also recommended adding to the list are:
specialised jobs in the electricity transmission and distribution industry;
some medical specialists, including higher-level speciality paediatrics trainees; and
Aircraft technicians and fitters.
A latest report by MAC includes its second partial review of its recommended shortage occupation list. For the report, the MAC reviewed all healthcare and engineering occupations, chefs, teachers (further/higher, secondary, primary, and special needs education teaching professionals), town planners, managers in construction, quantity surveyors, ship and hovercraft officers, veterinary surgeons, sheep shearers, work riders, ballet dancers, skilled fish filterers, meat boners and trimmers.
MAC first reviewed its first recommendations in 2008 and all the occupations in the shortage occupation lists have been reviewed once or more till this date. Speaking on the same, Professor David Metcalf CBE, who chairs the MAC, said, “The points-based system, including the shortage occupation list, has to operate for the benefit of UK workers, especially given the current economic climate. The Migration Advisory Committee's latest recommendations take account of the impact of the worldwide recession on the UK. We have looked at the evidence and made recommendations that balance the needs of the UK workforce against those of employers. It is important to note that some shortages of skilled labour will still exist in a recession. This can be where there is a long-term structural shortage of skilled workers, where workers provide key public services, or in areas such as culture where the UK needs to maintain global leadership”. The government of UK however still has to issue a response to the recommendations made which is likely to follow in coming weeks.
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by varsha negi
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Skilled Chefs however still remain on the recommended list. MAC has also suggested measures to accelerate the efforts to train the local residents in the chef category to fill the need from within as next year the list is going to be reviewed again. Some other occupations that the MAC also recommended adding to the list are:
specialised jobs in the electricity transmission and distribution industry;
some medical specialists, including higher-level speciality paediatrics trainees; and
Aircraft technicians and fitters.
A latest report by MAC includes its second partial review of its recommended shortage occupation list. For the report, the MAC reviewed all healthcare and engineering occupations, chefs, teachers (further/higher, secondary, primary, and special needs education teaching professionals), town planners, managers in construction, quantity surveyors, ship and hovercraft officers, veterinary surgeons, sheep shearers, work riders, ballet dancers, skilled fish filterers, meat boners and trimmers.
MAC first reviewed its first recommendations in 2008 and all the occupations in the shortage occupation lists have been reviewed once or more till this date. Speaking on the same, Professor David Metcalf CBE, who chairs the MAC, said, “The points-based system, including the shortage occupation list, has to operate for the benefit of UK workers, especially given the current economic climate. The Migration Advisory Committee's latest recommendations take account of the impact of the worldwide recession on the UK. We have looked at the evidence and made recommendations that balance the needs of the UK workforce against those of employers. It is important to note that some shortages of skilled labour will still exist in a recession. This can be where there is a long-term structural shortage of skilled workers, where workers provide key public services, or in areas such as culture where the UK needs to maintain global leadership”. The government of UK however still has to issue a response to the recommendations made which is likely to follow in coming weeks.
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by varsha negi
www.angadinfo.com
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