As British jobless toll soars, UK bosses recruit thousands in Romania

[joebloggs]

i thought Romanians need permission to work in the UK :angry:

More than 2,400 vacancies for nurses, engineers and chefs are being advertised in Bucharest

Meanwhile UK unemployment hit 8.4% - it's highest since 1994

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article-2094103/UK-unemployment-As-British-jobless-toll-soars-bosses-recruit-thousands-Romania.html#ixzz1l23jUVOP

[Dedworth]

A bit early for April Fools stories :angry:

[joebloggs]

what can you do but :laugher:

Employing a Bulgarian or Romanian National in the UK.
From 1st January 2007, as European Economic Area (EEA) nationals, Bulgarians and Romanians have been able to move and reside freely in any EU Member State. Bulgarian and Romanian nationals wanting to work in the UK will need to obtain authorisation to work before starting any employment, unless they are exempt from doing so.
Section 1: Categories of employment requiring an Accession Worker Card
This authorisation will normally take the form of an Accession worker card. For certain categories of employment, the Bulgarian or Romanian national will be able to apply to the Home Office for an Accession worker card without the need for an employer to apply for a work permit. These categories are:
(a) Airport based operational ground staff of an overseas airline
(b) “Au pair” placements
(c) Domestic workers in a private household
(d) Ministers of religion, missionaries or members of a religious order
(e) Overseas government employment
(f) Postgraduate doctors, dentists and trainee general practitioners
(g) Private servants in a diplomatic household
(h) Representatives of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting
organisation
(i) Sole representatives
(j) Teachers or language assistants
(k) Overseas qualified nurses coming for a period of supervised practice
(l) Voluntary workers
If the employment does not fall into one of these categories, the process for obtaining authorisation to work is in two stages:
• The UK employer first applies for approval of the employment under the work permit arrangements.
• The Bulgarian and Romanian national must then apply for an Accession worker
card. See the further information available at:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/eea/bulgariaromania/applying/
The UK employer should complete the work permit application forms (WP1, WP3, SR1, PD1, MTI1, WPSI and SB1) using the relevant guidance notes as below:
• Business and Commercial,
• Training and Work Experience,
• Sports and Entertainments,
• Sectors Based Scheme, and
• Student Internships.


maybe the HO can refuse them authorisation :rolleyes:

[Doc Alan]

One wonders which other countries have recruitment agencies offering British jobs, and are there truly no suitably qualified job seekers already in the UK ?
At first sight the BMA estimate of " 3000 unemployed junior doctors " - just over 1% of all registered UK doctors - compares favourably with the total unemployment rate of over 8%. No graduate in other disciplines is guaranteed a job. On the other hand, it costs the taxpayer £250,000 to train every doctor.
But in the same year as the BMA estimate it was claimed that only 150 doctors were on the dole (
http://www.badmed.net/bad-medicine-blog/2010/12/medical-unemployment.html ). It's more likely to be an effect of the European Working Time Directive limiting training doctors to a 48 hour week. This is impacting adversely on staffing levels, costs and time available for training. Junior doctors are voting with their feet and leaving NHS training posts. It doesn't mean they're unemployed - they may continue working in other healthcare posts, go abroad ( or take a gap year ). Perhaps " residential medical officers " - as described in the Romanian job offers - are posts which cannot be filled by British graduates. These may be training posts, or more likely non-training " service " posts with no chance of becoming consultants.
As for nurses, the UK is losing - rather than importing - them. Australia is the most popular destination, followed by the USA. But the pendulum could swing the other way after next year, when nursing becomes a graduate-only profession. This will be a disincentive to girls ( and boys ) who might otherwise be motivated to become nurses. It should also sound an optimistic note for the 50,000 or so filipino nurses who qualified in 2010, only a quarter of whom found a job abroad. There's no shortage of nurses in the Philippines. Hopefully there will be more vacancies in the next few years - in hospitals, not just care homes as advertised for Romanians.

[bigmarco]

I was reading an article last week that one of the Bus companies was recruiting new drivers in Eastern Europe which is ridiculous. Surely the first port of call for vacancies like this should be the local job centre. Perhaps if their subsidies were threatened they might think twice before recruiting abroad.

[hawk]

there are plenty nurse,s in philippines that would love to work here but uk wont reconise there nurseing doc,s or standards my fiancee is a midwife who said uk has the best that every one else has to be to uk standard are nuts i was talking to a nurse about nursing jobs and was told there are lots going but uk hospital boss,s wont pay the money nedded to have them thats why get cheap labour in lets see how fast standards drop when there here :censored::furious3::crazy:

[andy222]

Again you must blame the government for allowing this. Partially to blame are the buisinessmen looking for cheap labour. Oh and they keep saying there is a housing shortage in this country. Where are they going to live when they come over?:NoNo:.

[Arthur Little]

:doh ... thank God, I'm retired!