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As of today the EU will be up-scaling the promotion of advertising UK job vacancies throughout the Europoean Union, this will be done through the EU scheme EURES the European Job Mobility Portal.
Link :: EU to promote more UK job vacancies in high unemployment European countries - Telegraph
Not only will this mean more people chasing the job vacancies it will also mean that any British residents will be at a disadvatage because of other parts of the EURES scheme, whereby the British Employers and the Migrants will both benefit because of the way the scheme and other regulations work.
And here is why ::
Have a read of the UK Government Guide about the National Minimum Wage (https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage/who-gets-the-minimum-wage), and pay particular attention to the part headed “Not entitled to the minimum wage”
You will see that amongst those not entitled to the minimum wage it mentions those on Government and EU programmes, one of the programmes that comes under that umbrella is the EU scheme called EURES (It should also be noted that the UK finances about 13% of this scheme’s overall budget !).
EURES also offers British firms employing non-UK workers an initial incentive payment worth up to £870 for every EU citizen they employ, “to help pay for English lessons and other training” and this payment can increase up to 3000 Euros or almost £2500, Employers can recruit up to 20 foreign workers a year through the EURES scheme, which is run in co-operation with the British Job Centres.
And for the EU “jobless” there are also the incentives of a grant of £260 to travel to Britain for an interview and if they are offered the job they also qualify for an £870 grant to help with the costs of moving to this country.
So, both the British Employer and the EU Migrant have so far gained financially before the job has even been started. The British Employer then gains by being able to pay below minimum wage and the EU Migrant does not lose out either; because the “below minimum wage” is then supplemented by Working Tax Credits payments, which many seem to forget are “Benefits” and of course these people are “homeless” when they arrive and so qualify for preference on Social Housing waiting lists !
Although if you were British and perhaps moved to a different part of the country for work, such action would be considered as “making yourself intentionally homeless” and you would not be even considered for the waiting list !!
If you were a British Employer, unless you were particularly patriotic the choice of who to employ is almost no contest and for the likes of the unscrupulous multi nationals with companies here it is a no brainer on who to employ. With this and Zero Hour Contracts and/or so called part time vacancies where they employ on a 20 hour basis but then expect 40+ hour working the British unemployed do not stand a chance.
As a side note, it should also be recognised that Germany, Austria, Finland, Denmark and Sweden DO NOT HAVE a Statutory National Minimum Wage !!! So although they are saying all workers whether British or EU Migrant should be paid at least the minimum rate they have no obligation whatsoever to abide by this regulation.
And for those that will throw in the argument of Brits working abroad and the option of that, the majority of Brits working abroad are in skilled or specialist jobs and so those Brits we lose are the more elite workforce and the Countries they work in are gaining that speciality.
I'm sorry for the length of this post but I feel I really needed to point out how we the British People are being completely undermined in our own country by the EU, and that this is not just another anti-immigration/racist rant but a case of highlighting how we the ordinary working class/man (I know many believe they are no longer working class but that is just a ploy by the ruling classes to denegrate the lower paid workers and unemployed in the eyes of those workers being paid an almost liveable wage) are being taken for a ride.
If it continues like this those in reasonable paid jobs and who at the moment castigate the unemployed "benefit scroungers" will soon become part of that number as they are replaced by migrant workers who will be prepared to be "promoted" into those higher paid jobs but at a much lower wage than at present.
Link :: EU to promote more UK job vacancies in high unemployment European countries - Telegraph
Not only will this mean more people chasing the job vacancies it will also mean that any British residents will be at a disadvatage because of other parts of the EURES scheme, whereby the British Employers and the Migrants will both benefit because of the way the scheme and other regulations work.
And here is why ::
Have a read of the UK Government Guide about the National Minimum Wage (https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage/who-gets-the-minimum-wage), and pay particular attention to the part headed “Not entitled to the minimum wage”
You will see that amongst those not entitled to the minimum wage it mentions those on Government and EU programmes, one of the programmes that comes under that umbrella is the EU scheme called EURES (It should also be noted that the UK finances about 13% of this scheme’s overall budget !).
EURES also offers British firms employing non-UK workers an initial incentive payment worth up to £870 for every EU citizen they employ, “to help pay for English lessons and other training” and this payment can increase up to 3000 Euros or almost £2500, Employers can recruit up to 20 foreign workers a year through the EURES scheme, which is run in co-operation with the British Job Centres.
And for the EU “jobless” there are also the incentives of a grant of £260 to travel to Britain for an interview and if they are offered the job they also qualify for an £870 grant to help with the costs of moving to this country.
So, both the British Employer and the EU Migrant have so far gained financially before the job has even been started. The British Employer then gains by being able to pay below minimum wage and the EU Migrant does not lose out either; because the “below minimum wage” is then supplemented by Working Tax Credits payments, which many seem to forget are “Benefits” and of course these people are “homeless” when they arrive and so qualify for preference on Social Housing waiting lists !
Although if you were British and perhaps moved to a different part of the country for work, such action would be considered as “making yourself intentionally homeless” and you would not be even considered for the waiting list !!
If you were a British Employer, unless you were particularly patriotic the choice of who to employ is almost no contest and for the likes of the unscrupulous multi nationals with companies here it is a no brainer on who to employ. With this and Zero Hour Contracts and/or so called part time vacancies where they employ on a 20 hour basis but then expect 40+ hour working the British unemployed do not stand a chance.
As a side note, it should also be recognised that Germany, Austria, Finland, Denmark and Sweden DO NOT HAVE a Statutory National Minimum Wage !!! So although they are saying all workers whether British or EU Migrant should be paid at least the minimum rate they have no obligation whatsoever to abide by this regulation.
And for those that will throw in the argument of Brits working abroad and the option of that, the majority of Brits working abroad are in skilled or specialist jobs and so those Brits we lose are the more elite workforce and the Countries they work in are gaining that speciality.
I'm sorry for the length of this post but I feel I really needed to point out how we the British People are being completely undermined in our own country by the EU, and that this is not just another anti-immigration/racist rant but a case of highlighting how we the ordinary working class/man (I know many believe they are no longer working class but that is just a ploy by the ruling classes to denegrate the lower paid workers and unemployed in the eyes of those workers being paid an almost liveable wage) are being taken for a ride.
If it continues like this those in reasonable paid jobs and who at the moment castigate the unemployed "benefit scroungers" will soon become part of that number as they are replaced by migrant workers who will be prepared to be "promoted" into those higher paid jobs but at a much lower wage than at present.
