Dropping £30,000 minimum salary threshold "positive and pragmatic”: UKHospitality
The trade body stressed the need to employ non-British workers.
A trade body for the hospitality sector has welcomed reports suggesting that the government has heeded calls to move away from a minimum salary threshold for EU migrants in future policy.
A letter from the Home Secretary to the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) purportedly urges the dropping of a £30,000 salary threshold for migrants to work in the UK and suggested that companies pay 'the going rate'.
“Such a recommendation would be positive and pragmatic, while demonstrating that the Home Secretary has been listening to our concerns about the £30,000 minimum salary threshold. Such a threshold would make many crucial, hard to fill roles in hospitality unavailable to EU workers,” UKHospitality CEO Kate Nicholls said in a statement.
Nicholls added that future migration policies “must focus on the needs and fortunes of the wider economy, rather than focusing on individuals.”
“Hospitality is a key economic driver but to keep growing will need to employ non-British workers in many different roles. It is vital that we also have a separate route for semi-skilled workers,” she said.
