A research conducted by the CITB (Construction Industry Training Board), IFF Research and the Institute of Employment Research at Warwick University, reveals that 22 percent of the British firms are of the opinion that the work ethic of migrant workers is better compared to that of the locals. Over 600 interviews were conducted to find… Read More »

New Zealand has come a long way from being a vacation destination for billionaires of Silicon Valley such as Peter Thiel to the nation that is emerging as the favorite overseas destination for several immigrants across the world. Of late several US, nationals are also getting affectionate towards this nation after the recent US Presidential… Read More »

Architect practices outside of London may be affected after skilled worker immigration cap changes were allocated this month… Simon Kenny, Head of Immigration at law firm Moore Blatch, has warned that this month’s allocation of restricted Tier 2 visas, which allow entry of skilled migrant workers into the UK, could potentially affect architect firms outside… Read More »

Ten years after ratifying a bilateral comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA), India and Singapore have signed their first mutual recognition agreement (MRA) in services, which will allow nurses trained from four premier institutes in India to practise in the other country without any additional training there. The institutes that have been recognised by the Singapore… Read More »

There’s been a lot of debate in recent years about Canada’s skilled labour shortage, and whether it really exists. A new international labour survey says it does — but Canada’s shortage is mild compared to those in many other countries. According to Manpower Group’s Talent Shortage Survey, 32 per cent of Canadian employers report having… Read More »

The federal government now agrees that other solutions are needed to solve the chronic labour shortage in the Canadian meat processing sector. “In the meat industry in Canada, it is what we would more accurately characterize as a permanent labour shortage that needs to be addressed by a permanent solution,” Steven West, director of Employment… Read More »