Climate change British companies will no longer be forced to advertise some of their most senior vacancies in local JobCentres in order to comply with immigration rules, after the Home Office backed down on the issue.
Under the government’s points-based immigration system, which seeks to restrict entry to workers who are highly skilled or needed to plug gaps, businesses must show they cannot fill jobs domestically before they are given to candidates from outside the European Union. That has led to local JobCentres carrying advertisements for senior positions such as directors or bankers, a situation described as “absurd” by immigration lawyers.
