Deconstructing the workforce
Language: English Series: Contract Journal ; 433(6575) 17 May 2006, 14-15(2)Publication details: 2006Subject(s): Summary: Explains how moves by HM Revenue and Customs to crackdown on bogus self-employment may lead to a substantial reduction in the number of Bulgarian and Romanian workers in the UK construction industry. As immigrant workers have filled many of the additional construction jobs created in the last 5 years, and helped contain wage costs, this could have serious implications for such major projects as the 2012 Olympics and Thames Gateway.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | L133585 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 133585-1001 |
Explains how moves by HM Revenue and Customs to crackdown on bogus self-employment may lead to a substantial reduction in the number of Bulgarian and Romanian workers in the UK construction industry. As immigrant workers have filled many of the additional construction jobs created in the last 5 years, and helped contain wage costs, this could have serious implications for such major projects as the 2012 Olympics and Thames Gateway.