![]() ![]() making EEA nationals subject to the Immigration Skills Surcharge, which would add up to £5,000 to the cost of employing an individual with a five-year visa.expanding this route to cover medium-skilled roles as well as highly skilled roles which would make an additional 142 occupations potentially eligible for Tier 2 (General), provided they meet the minimum salary threshold of £30,000 pa.abolishing the annual Tier 2 cap of 20,700 per year.If free movement provisions end, the MAC suggests that the current Tier 2 sponsored route could be extended to cover EEA and non-EEA nationals, but also recommends a number of changes should be made, including: There are however some welcome proposals. Sourcing sufficient workers for these types of roles from the UK workforce is likely to be a real struggle for many employers, especially given historic low unemployment rates. This conclusion will be extremely disappointing to many employers who rely heavily on EEA labour to fill low-skilled positions, especially in the social care, hospitality, construction and retail sectors. There is also surprisingly no economic analysis as to how likely it is that UK workers or family migrants would in reality be able to fill these low-skilled roles in the future. It admits that some sectors will lobby intensely against this proposal. The MAC suggests that any gap in lower skilled workers would be filled by family migration to the UK or, if necessary, by expanding the Youth Mobility scheme, which allows young people from certain countries to come to the UK for up to two years to work. The MAC sees no need for a separate low-skilled worker scheme, with the possible exception of a seasonal agricultural workers scheme. This conclusion is perhaps more surprising given that the report also concluded that EEA migrants actually make a positive net contribution to public finances, paying more in taxes than they receive in benefits.
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