New job advert rules will give British workers ‘a fair crack of the whip’ says Cameron
10 April 2014
The prime minister’s officer says the government intends to consult on new regulations to tackle recruitment agencies that only recruit workers from abroad by advertising jobs overseas only in that country’s language.
Thu, 10 Apr 2014The prime minister’s office says the government intends to consult on new regulations to tackle recruitment agencies that only recruit workers from abroad by advertising jobs overseas only in that country’s language.
The announcement, made in a statement issued by the prime minister’s office yesterday, went on to say “the government will consult on new regulations to require these agencies to advertise vacancies in English in the UK”.
Referring to this among a raft of changes aimed at rogue and unscrupulous employers (see our story today on the GLA), Prime Minister David Cameron said: “They will give workers in Britain a fair crack of the whip when it comes to getting jobs themselves.”
Recruiter.co.uk contacted the PM’s office asking for more details to support Cameron’s claim, but they were unable to provide this and referred us to BIS (Department for Business, Innovation & Skills). BIS referred us to the PM’s quote.
The PM is not the first politician to claim that UK workers are being treated unfairly. In September, recruiters hit back at claims made by Labour Party leader Ed Miliband that some recruitment agencies are “hiring only from overseas”.
Commenting on the government’s announcement, Kevin Green, chief executive officer at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), says: “It’s right that British agencies should be listing all vacancies in Britain and in English. The requirement not to discriminate against jobseekers based on their nationality is already enshrined in law under the Equality Act.
“Recruiters have millions of people walking through their doors looking for work every day and whether those people are UK nationals or EU-migrants is secondary to the ultimate goal of getting the right people into the right job at the right time.”
The announcement, made in a statement issued by the prime minister’s office yesterday, went on to say “the government will consult on new regulations to require these agencies to advertise vacancies in English in the UK”.
Referring to this among a raft of changes aimed at rogue and unscrupulous employers (see our story today on the GLA), Prime Minister David Cameron said: “They will give workers in Britain a fair crack of the whip when it comes to getting jobs themselves.”
Recruiter.co.uk contacted the PM’s office asking for more details to support Cameron’s claim, but they were unable to provide this and referred us to BIS (Department for Business, Innovation & Skills). BIS referred us to the PM’s quote.
The PM is not the first politician to claim that UK workers are being treated unfairly. In September, recruiters hit back at claims made by Labour Party leader Ed Miliband that some recruitment agencies are “hiring only from overseas”.
Commenting on the government’s announcement, Kevin Green, chief executive officer at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), says: “It’s right that British agencies should be listing all vacancies in Britain and in English. The requirement not to discriminate against jobseekers based on their nationality is already enshrined in law under the Equality Act.
“Recruiters have millions of people walking through their doors looking for work every day and whether those people are UK nationals or EU-migrants is secondary to the ultimate goal of getting the right people into the right job at the right time.”
