Brexit as a Challenge for the European Recruitment of Skilled Workers


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Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Leadership and Human Resource Management - Recruiting, grade: 1,0, University of Applied Management, language: English, abstract: This scientific work will deal with the opportunities and risks of abolishing the free movement of workers. The focus will be on forecasting the possible effects on European recruitment. Using an analogy between the United Kingdom and an EU member state (Germany), precise differences will be analysed and challenges from different aspects will be examined. Brexit is currently a precedent case with already many political and economic implications. Accordingly, the research approach of this thesis is a literature analysis in combination with a scenario model. This is intended to present various exit scenarios of Great Britain vis-à-vis the EU and, in combination with an analysis of publications, to form recommendations for action for these scenarios. On 23 June 2016, the inhabitants of the United Kingdom voted in a referendum by a majority of 51.9 to 48.1 percent in favour of their country leaving the European Union (EU). The decision to "British exit" (brexit) marks a turning point in the more than 40-year relationship between the United Kingdom and the European community of states. It is the first time that a member leaves the European family of states - a decision of primarily symbolic significance, which brings with it decades of constant enlargement and restriction of the EU's internal market. In the campaign for EU withdrawal, the issue of "abolition of free movement of workers" and the associated immigration played a central role. It aims to reduce immigration and its dangers, such as "state loss of control and surveillance". From an EU perspective, every EU citizen loses the opportunity to take up and pursue work in the United Kingdom under the same conditions as citizens between EU states. From a UK perspective, the decision has a clear political objective, but it can have devasta




An evaluation of the impact of the threat of Brexit on employment, recruitment and retention of EU migrant workers within the NHS


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Academic Paper from the year 2019 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 61, University of Plymouth, language: English, abstract: This paper is an evaluation of the impact of the threat of Brexit on employment, recruitment, and retention of EU migrant workers within the NHS. According to a survey by the Shelford Group (2018), over 40% of the NHS employers and service providers have mentioned that they will be negatively impacted by the restricted migration from the EU and only 35% of the employers mentioned that they have an active plan of recruiting staff locally or from out of the EU. In fact, a large number of respondents were anxious about the rights of the current EU workforce in the near future and if these people suddenly leave the job due to Brexit, there is a serious shortage of skilled workers in the health and social care sector and NHS is going to feel the burden. Therefore, it is very important to assess the impact on the NHS’s ability to employ, recruit and retain staff from the EU. Within the scope of this study, the level of EU migrant workers in the NHS will be assessed along with their impact in running the services. However, the issues related to the NHS and Brexit are multifaceted and not all of them will be assessed through this study due to certain limitations.




Doing Business After Brexit


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On 23 June, 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union. Uncertainly has caused market volatility, illiquidity in property funds, fear amongst individuals and the OECD reported on 11 July, 2016 that the economic shock and disruption delivered by Brexit is on a par with the impact of devastating and unforeseen natural disasters. Doing Business After Brexit: A Practical Guide to the Legal Issues considers the legal issues arising out of Brexit and the immediate and future issues that businesses are likely to face and suggests steps on how to mitigate for any Brexit-related risk. The book starts with an introduction explaining the legal route to achieve a Brexit by triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union. In the introduction, the potential post-Brexit models which may be adopted are explored and the UK legal landscape post-Brexit looked at helping the reader to understand the complexity of the transitional period and what may change. It then looks at each area pertinent to running a business and looks at the issues that are likely to arise, eg directors' duties, tax, pension schemes, data protection, etc and how they can best be mitigated.Given the uncertainty of what exactly will be negotiated, the book gives suggested appropriate steps that can mitigate risk and take advantage of any opportunities.




Who Needs Migrant Workers?


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This book discusses the demand for migrant labour both conceptually and empirically with a focus on the UK.




An Accidental Brexit


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This book analyzes how the EU referendum in the United Kingdom came to pass and what the foreseeable consequences are for the UK, Europe, US and world economy. The Brexit decision represents a momentous event for Europe, which weakens the EU and shifts the global balance of power. Welfens argues the EU has lost its appeal and is not in keeping with the twenty-first century, which is being shaped by Asia and digital innovations. The subject of immigration from EU countries played a key role in the Brexit decision, with an anti-EU campaign that was profoundly biased. The estimated impact of the referendum was deeply distorted by the broadly inadequate information produced by the Cameron government, which omitted the expected 10 percent loss in income caused by leaving the EU. With this this information, there could have been a clear pro-EU majority. In the absence of a second referendum, one cannot know what the British electorate really wants. Both the Brexit decision and new President of the United States Donald Trump's approach to European disintegration dynamics also raise serious questions about the future of transatlantic relations.




Handbook on the European Union and Brexit


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Brexit has irrevocably transformed British politics, yet its effects are not confined to relations between the UK and the EU. Venturing beyond the already vast literature on Brexit, this dynamic Handbook explores the implications of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU for the EU itself, single countries within and beyond Europe, and the international system, as well as different social groups, generations, and territories within the UK.




Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU


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How Brexit will work for Britain and Europe FULLY REVISED EDITION FOR THE UK'S PATH TO BREXIT Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU is the authoritative text on the EU and the Brexit debate. This major new edition lays out how the UK can best make a success of Brexit and the place of Europe in the new, Trumpian world. In a major rewrite, award-winning economist Roger Bootle addresses the issues of trading relationships, hard versus soft Brexit, concerns of key industries, Scotland and the future of the EU and NATO. Roger Bootle, the author who successfully predicted the financial crash and the outcome of the referendum, will also examines the possible future developments of Europe.




Is the European Union Capable of Integrating Diverse Models of Capitalism?


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The 2009 European sovereign debt crisis and the EU’s policy response to it have prompted scholars to re-think whether diverse national models of capitalism can thrive within the European Union (EU). Are some national economic systems better suited to adapt to European integration than others, and if so, why? Contributions within this volume provide a qualified yes to these questions raised, concluding that the EU favors export-led growth models while it penalizes and discourages domestic consumption-oriented growth paths, particularly those that are financed by debt-accumulation. The book questions whether the EU is capable of integrating these diverse capitalist regimes. This volume adds a comparative capitalism perspective to EU integration scholarship in order to demonstrate that ever-closer union is not capable of accommodating diversity in national economic institutions. Chapters in this volume provide an innovative framework for understanding what factors related to European integration impede the economic and political integration of diverse European market economies. While recent comparative capitalism literature highlights that European monetary integration has favored export-led growth regimes, contributions in this volume outline that the EU’s prioritization of export-led growth over domestic-demand led growth is present in other facets of integration, including EU accession, financial integration, the free movement of people, fiscal governance and the Europe 2020 growth strategy. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of New Political Economy.




The Farm Labor Problem


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The Farm Labor Problem: A Global Perspective explores the unique character of agricultural labor markets and the implications for food production, farm worker welfare and advocacy, and immigration policy. Agricultural labor markets differ from other labor markets in fundamental ways related to seasonality and uncertainty, and they evolve differently than other labor markets as economies develop. We weave economic analysis with the history of agricultural labor markets using data and real-world events. The farm labor history of California and the United States is particularly rich, so it plays a central role in the book, but the book has a global perspective ensuring its relevance to Europe and high-income Asian countries. The chapters in this book provide readers with the basics for understanding how farm labor markets work (labor in agricultural household models, farm labor supply and demand, spatial market equilibria); farm labor and immigration policy; farm labor organizing; farm employment and rural poverty; unionization and the United Farm Workers movement; the Fair Food Program as a new approach to collective bargaining; the declining immigrant farm labor supply; and what economic development in relatively low-income countries portends for the future of agriculture in the United States and other high-income countries. The book concludes with a chapter called "Robots in the Fields," which extrapolates current trends to a perhaps not-so-distant future. The Farm Labor Problem serves as both a guide to policy makers, farmworker advocates and international development organizations and as a textbook for students of agricultural economics and economics. Describes the unique character of agricultural labor markets providing consequential insights Contextualizes the economics of agricultural labor with a global perspective Examines the history of farm labor, immigration, policy and collective bargaining with a view to the future




Scotland, the UK and Brexit


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The unexpected outcome of the 2017 UK general election means that the UK Government lacks a clear mandate on Brexit and also that the Scottish Government lacks a clear mandate on holding a second Independence Referendum consequent to the material change in circumstance which will be brought about by Brexit. We are in for a bumpy, unpredictable ride, one with profound consequences for the people of Scotland and the UK. In this collection of essays from a wide range of leading political specialists, journalists and academics, Hassan and Gunson have assembled a comprehensive guide to Brexit for the UK as a whole, and its constituent parts. From fisheries and agriculture to higher education and law, the whys and how of Brexit are challenged from all angles. Particular attention is paid to how Brexit will impact Scotland and the viability of a future independent Scotland.