Madrid, 17 (Europe Press)
The Center for European Reform notes that “by June 2022, there was a significant shortfall of about 460,000 EU workers, partly, but not entirely, offset by an increase of about 130,000 non-EU workers.” He concludes, “The net loss of workers, about 330,000 workers, represents 1% of the labor force.”
In this sense, the think tank warns that the shortage of workers from outside the UK is mainly concentrated in sectors that employ disproportionately less qualified workers.
Thus, it is estimated that there is a shortage of about 128 thousand workers of community origin in the transportation and storage sector, or 8% of the total employment in this sector, as well as a deficit of 103 thousand in wholesale and retail sales. secondary, 3% of the sector; about 67,000 room and board, 4% of employment; about 47,000 in manufacturing, 2% of the sector; about 46,000 under construction; and about 32,000 in administration.
In the opinion of the study’s authors, the new generally applied system is working broadly as promised by Brexiteers, and EU nationals no longer have the automatic right to work in the UK, where they have to apply for visas.
The report warns that “the conditions of the new regime, while liberal, are too onerous to compensate for the loss of freedom of movement in low-skill sectors of the economy, which has led to labor shortages,” noting that despite uncertainty about the impact, there is likely to be A combination of high wages and prices and lack of production, especially in work that is difficult to automate.
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