The TUC informs the Poles on labour legislation in the UK

The TUC, worried about the excesses linked to the massive influx of Polish workers onto the UK labour market, joined the information campaign organized in Poland by different authorities in charge of employment. (Ref. 061042)
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Several hundred thousands of Polish workers are said to have arrived in Britain since 2004, and employers are asking for more. The Tesco supermarket chain, the First Group railway company, the Jurys Doyle hotel chain and MacDonalds were among the visitors going this week with the British national employment agency Jobcenter Plus to Warsaw where this agency has organised a job fair. In the context of the European Year for worker mobility, the British Days Jobfair aims to encourage Poles to work

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