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The bigger picture: how Eastern European workers will change British construction

By: Series: Building ; 269(8336) 11 June 2004, 24-26(3)Publication details: 2004Subject(s): Summary: Looks at how the enlargement of the EU has made a large pool of highly skilled and low paid workers available to British firms. The British market has also been opened to highly skilled and low cost contractors. Discusses the implications of hiring foreign workers legitimately, rather than illegally, as before. Examines the problems of having a multicultural, multilingual construction site. Concludes that while some employers may avoid employing foreign workers due to the increased amount of training and paperwork, the increase of this type of employment is here to stay.

Looks at how the enlargement of the EU has made a large pool of highly skilled and low paid workers available to British firms. The British market has also been opened to highly skilled and low cost contractors. Discusses the implications of hiring foreign workers legitimately, rather than illegally, as before. Examines the problems of having a multicultural, multilingual construction site. Concludes that while some employers may avoid employing foreign workers due to the increased amount of training and paperwork, the increase of this type of employment is here to stay.