20/11/2008 - Code on migrant workers launched
Businesses employing migrant workers will be able to sign up for a new voluntary code of practice that is being launched in Lincolnshire.
Employers will be able to use the code as a guide for recruiting and employing migrant workers and overseas staff in the UK.
It is being launched by Business in the Community (BITC) at Boston Borough Council, where the first round of signatories to the code will receive certificates of recognition from Sadiq Khan, junior minister in the Department for Communities and Local Government. BITC is an organisation that aims to help companies improve their impact on society and involves more than 800 UK companies.
The idea for the code began after a visit to Boston by a group of business leaders to see the impact large influxes of migrant workers has had on the local community. A number of companies joined forces, led by food giant Samworth Brothers, to create the Migrant Worker Integration Group.
Its aim is to address issues linked to the employment of migrant workers, mainly in the agricultural and food industry in rural areas. The group's involvement led to the revision of the Voluntary Code of Practice on Employing Migrant Workers.
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