New Law says employers cannot hire a foreigner unless they give a fair chance to settled worker in selection process offering fair contract rate. Settled workers rule applies for employee, contractor or cosultants/temps.
So it is clearly illegal to offer below market rate to circumvent the rules with the intention to hire a foreigner.
If the company fails to respond, you can file a compliant. Let your intentions know to the this company your are talking about and find out the their reaction.
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See plenty of this each and every day on Jobserve. TBH, I don't thing it matters what your skillset is - some Indians will always claim they have it - so agents will always "try it on" and profit from that route too their clients. Whether the client gets VFM is another matter entirely...Originally posted by MonzaMike View PostJust seen a role that closely matches some niche skills that I have.
Unfortunately the rate I'd expect is about three times what they are advertising.
Agency is an Indian BPO company, but advert also states that applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
I know that these guys sometimes state a mickey mouse rate to try and justify why they need to bring someone in from asia.
Is this still legal? I thought that there were some attempts to clamp down on this.
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Muppet Rate
Just seen a role that closely matches some niche skills that I have.
Unfortunately the rate I'd expect is about three times what they are advertising.
Agency is an Indian BPO company, but advert also states that applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.
I know that these guys sometimes state a mickey mouse rate to try and justify why they need to bring someone in from asia.
Is this still legal? I thought that there were some attempts to clamp down on this.Tags: None
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