The government is not ruling out a union proposal requiring employers to fund the training of a domestic worker for every migrant they employ.
Treasury, too, is pushing such a compromise by backing a higher immigration intake as being good for the economy while cautioning it cannot be the sole solution to the labour and skills shortages.Alex Ellinghausen
“Governments, industry and unions all have a role in ensuring that migration is a complement, not a substitute, to properly training local workers.“And while governments can do more to improve the skills and training systems, businesses and industry also have an important role to play in planning for change and directly investing in training and skill development of their workforce.
“Failing that, employers would contribute to a national skills fund to be applied via a levy which would invest in domestic vocational education and training.”
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