Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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12 October 2010
09:4074629Could anyone on the Forum let me know about a query I have concerning anti-discrimination laws on the employment market in the UK? The question is: can a work-agency offer only British nationals to employers, or must they be from any nationality of people eligable to work in Britain?
Please supply an answer whoever has knowledge of this, as I have discovered something, and am not sure if it is in accordance with the law!
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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12 October 2010
10:0474631As far as I know it has to be any nationality who is eligable to work here. They key word is eligable.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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12 October 2010
10:2874632I have come across an employment agency advertising in English for the UK that offers only Polish workers living in the UK, with the opportunity to recruit directly from Poland if the candidates avilable in Britain are not enough, and offering Polish nationals who are available to locate to the UK.
I think that the offer to find Polish nationals living in the UK - with obvious reference to the fact that the candidates are only Polish - is decisively against the anti-discrimination laws in our Country.
I made a copy of the offer which I downloaded from the Web, with the relevant contact numbers.
The offer of employment is in the UK, as this is obvious to discern from the add.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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12 October 2010
10:5574634You need to refer it to the Dept for Work & Pensions.
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Guest 662- Registered: 18 Mar 2008
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12 October 2010
11:5174636Hi Alexander,
As an Agency we supply candidates in response to advertisements from our database of registered candidates for both Temporary and Permanent positions.
Candidates are selected to be put forward based on their skill sets and not by their nationality.
All candidates registered with us need to be eligible for work in the UK and we check all ID even the British so as not to discriminate against the non-British.
I would be happy to chat this over with you if you want to pop in to our office in the Market Square, it would be interesting to find out who and what this advertisement is about? was it local?
Michelle - CMS Employment Agency.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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12 October 2010
12:0174638i have heard of hauliers that prefer to employ polish drivers on something similar to polish wages.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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12 October 2010
18:1174686The first agency seemed to be offering employment in Poland, but stated that it is practically impossible for foreign (non Polish) nationals to find work in Poland, unless sent there directly by a firm.
Another agency stated that there is a constant shortage of skilled labour in the West, and that Poland with 38 million people can supply all the silled labour necessary in all of the West.
One agency offered workers from Poland with a 100% satisfaction guarantee, stating that if the employed person leaves within 100 days, a replacement from Poland will be made available with equivalent skills.
The last one I looked at offered Polish workers resident in the UK, with the added offer to send workers directly from Poland who are ready to locate to Britain immediately. This agency states that the staff are all bilingual, speaking English and Polish.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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12 October 2010
19:2574698there lies the problem, poland seems to have an education system that includes english language being high on the list, the ones i have met speak the language very well.
not true of the other new members of the european gravy train.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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12 October 2010
19:3674705The agency didn't advertise whether the people offered for work speak English, only that they are from Poland, but that the staff of the agency speak English and Polish, and the reference is obvious: for UK employers to contact the agency-staff in English. Adding to that, I have come across vacancies in Kent as line-leader where to know Polish is preferable!
