Posted on 04/06/2023 10:11:13 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Businesses in a number of service industries are calling for urgent measures to deal with a shortage of qualified staff.
They say recruitment issues are preventing further expansion and causing knock-on consequences for customers.
Difficulties are being experienced by many companies and small enterprises.
A lack of available mechanics is leading to delays for those seeking service or repair work at many garages. Owners say the process to secure permits for non-EU residents is drawn out and cumbersome.
They have called for a widening of the Critical Skills list, which allows those with necessary competences to live and work here.
South Africa-born mechanic David Da Silva secured employment in County Mayo last May, but only because his parents were Portuguese and he has an EU passport.
He says that many of his compatriots would relish the chance to work here, were it not for the complicated rules. …
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And, of course “paraffin”.
Paraffin? What are we, making candles?
“So are the wages for mechanics skyrocketing?”
OBVIOUSLY. I would have chosen to be a wealthy mechanic, likely owning my own chain of businesses, but I really didn’t want to get my hands dirty as cars are GREASY, yuck!
So I chose a middle-class lifestyles as a useless* ‘professional’. Still enough to afford dinner and public housing.
*useless because us clean-hands types are a dime a dozen
They can’t import non EU people that easily. EU immigration rules are tight
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